Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Inca Conquest in the Colca Valley

Miriam Doutriaux女士的博士论文项目将调查印加人占领位于现代秘鲁南部的Collagua省的情况。印加统治的多变性是安第斯学者长期以来着迷的一个主题。征服后，印加国家通常寻求在其自身的经济和政治野心与不同地区的社会文化和环境条件之间实现平衡。在每一种情况下，帝国统治的政治和经济方面都是相互依赖和紧密交织的，但并非不可分割。事实上，相似的经济利益或条件可以通过不同的政治结构来协调，以确保许多不同的印加省份的平稳运行。在克莉丝汀·哈斯托夫博士的指导下，杜特里奥女士将比较科拉瓜省两个位于不同海拔高度、居住着不同文化群体的地区，以了解印加政治动态与山谷经济战略的结合方式，以及两者如何适应该省先前存在的社会和政治安排。历史文件显示，Collagua省居住着两个不同的“种族”群体，Collaguas和Cabanas，显然是自前印加时代以来。Collaguas人说的是艾马拉语，以畜牧业为导向，而说盖丘亚语的Cabanas人则以农业为重点。根据历史记载，科拉瓜人与征服者印加人建立了良好的关系，从而确保了他们在西班牙殖民时代之前对山谷其他地区的政治统治。另一方面，对山谷经济的考古研究表明，印加对该省卡巴纳地区的影响更大，这可能是气候温暖和农业条件较好的结果。到目前为止，考古学和历史研究的不同重点阻碍了全面考虑印加战略在整个省份的可变性质和影响。作为她的论文工作的一部分，杜特里奥女士将做25平方米的考古调查。公里.在卡巴纳斯的历史首都周围。她将分析定居模式，网站组织，建筑大炮，陶瓷风格和文物分布，以表征前印加和印加占领那里的性质。将这些数据与她最近在科拉瓜首都周围完成的考古调查结果进行比较，将使她能够得出关于印加帝国主义的区域规模动态的结论。这项研究不仅有可能揭示印加帝国的建立，而且也有可能揭示帝国背景下不同权力的利己团体之间的共生关系。它还有助于急需的学术重点放在中南部的安第斯山脉，家庭对安第斯山脉的两个主要的文化语言传统。科尔卡山谷将艾马拉人和盖丘亚人的传统独特地结合在一个省的中心地带，这使人们有可能对权力和资源的分配以及史前晚期艾马拉人和盖丘亚人之间的关系有新的认识。

Ms. Miriam Doutriaux's doctoral dissertation project will investigate the Inca occupation of the Collagua province, located in modern-day southern Peru. The variability of Inca rule is a theme that has long fascinated Andean scholars. After conquest, the Inca state generally sought to effect a balance between its own economic and political ambitions and the sociocultural and environmental conditions of different regions. In each case, the political and economic aspects of imperial rule were mutually dependent and closely intertwined, but not inextricably so. Indeed, similar economic interests or conditions could be accommodated with different political configurations to ensure the smooth operation of many different Inca provinces. Under the direction of Dr. Christine Hastorf, Ms. Doutriaux will compare two areas of the Collagua province located at different altitudes and inhabited by distinct cultural groups, to understand the way in which Inca political dynamics were articulated with economic strategies in the valley, and how both were tailored to preexisting social and political arrangements in this province. Historical documents reveal that the Collagua province was inhabited by two distinct "ethnic" groups, the Collaguas and the Cabanas, apparently since pre-Inca times. The Collaguas were Aymara speakers with a pastoral orientation, while the Quechua-speaking Cabanas focused on agriculture. According to historical accounts, the Collaguas established good relations with the conquering Incas, thereby securing their political dominance over the rest of the valley until Spanish colonial times. On the other hand, archaeological studies of the valley's economy suggest that Inca influence was greater in the Cabana area of the province, possibly as a result of the warmer climate and better agricultural conditions. Until now, the different focus of archaeological and historical studies has impeded a full consideration of the variable nature and impact of Inca strategies in the province as a whole. As part of her dissertation work, Ms. Doutriaux will do an archaeological survey of 25 sq. km. around the historical capital of the Cabanas. She will analyze the settlement pattern, site organization, architectural canons, ceramic styles and artifact distributions to characterize the nature of the pre-Inca and Inca occupation there. A comparison of this data with the results of an archaeological survey she recently completed around the Collagua capital will enable her to draw conclusions about the regional-scale dynamics of Inca imperialism.This research has the potential to shed light not only on Inca empire-building, but also on the resulting symbiotic relationship between differently empowered self-interested groups in the imperial context. It also contributes a much-needed scholarly focus on the south-central Andes, home to the Andes' two main culturo-linguistic traditions. The Colca Valley's unique combination of these Aymara and Quechua traditions in the heartland of a single province offers the possibility of new insights on the distribution of power and resources and the relationship between Aymara and Quechua groups in late prehistory.This project will serve a valuable infrastructural function through the training of a promising graduate student