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2019
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.31658f...
- hal: hal-02910064
- doi: 10.15184/aqy.2019.176
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Andes Inca Archaeoastronomy Agriculture Imperialism TimekeepingSujets proches
Economic theory Political economy Farming HusbandryCiter ce document
Thibault Saintenoy et al., « The making of an imperial agricultural landscape in the Valley of Belén », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.15184/aqy.2019.176
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As the Inca Empire was predominantly agrarian, the integration of local farming communities into a corporate agricultural system constituted a great challenge for the imperial political economy. To highlight and discuss the development of Inca agricultural landscapes, the authors analyse an unusual circular structure in the Altos de Arica region of northern Chile, which resembles an important building-a 'sunturhuasi'-in the capital, Cusco. They explore this structure using three-dimensional modelling, identifying its probable use in astronomical observations, and hence its clear connection with the Inca agricultural calendar, ultimately suggesting that it was central to an imperial built environment related to the political economy of maize production.
