The Oxford Handbook of the Incas

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• Cieza composed his second chronicle in the 1550s, and Guaman Poma completed his manuscript around 1615; both recorded Andean institutions after invasion through colonial Spanish genres shaped by translation, Christian argument, political purpose, and retrospective reconstruction.

  • supports · Introduction, pp. 3–21

• Work, ritual office, residence, and access to resources varied by gender and status, including specialized service by acllakuna; complementary roles did not eliminate hierarchy or coercion.

  • supports · chapter ‘Gender and Status in Inca Textile and Ceramic Craft Production’, pp. 283–302

• Imperial officials commonly governed through local kurakas and negotiated obligations, while strategies varied with prior political organization, resistance, distance, and regional importance.

  • supports · chapter ‘Inca Political Organization, Economic Institutions, and Infrastructure’

• Roads enabled official travel, armies, messages, and provisioning, but their extent does not by itself establish identical administration or effective control in every province.

  • supports · chapter ‘Conclusions: Inca Imperial Identities: Colonization, Resistance, and Hybridity’