Power in Stone
The Long-Distance Movement of Building Blocks in the Inca Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2740147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Ogburn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-135 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnohistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00141801-51-1-101 |
| OpenAlex | W2170287582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article analyzes the objectives and implications of the long-distance transport of building blocks in the Inca Empire. Recent research has demonstrated that the Incas transported building stones from Cuzco, Peru, to Saraguro, Ecuador, much as described by the Spanish chronicler Martín de Murúa. Additional passages from sixteenth- and seventeenth-century chronicles suggest that the Incas carried out a number of such projects to bring stones from Cuzco to the northern part of the empire. These stones embodied the transfer of sanctity and power from the imperial capital to the city of Tomebamba in Ecuador, while their movement was a major public demonstration of state control over labor
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Capital (architecture · Empire · Movement (music · Power (physics · State (computer science · History · History and Politics in Latin America · Latin American history and culture
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A rock and an art place
Late Prehispanic Coquina Quarrying and Tomb Construction in Coastal Southern Peru
Fluid Rocks
Pre-Hispanic terrace agricultural practices and long-distance transfer of plant taxa in the southern-central Peruvian Andes revealed by phytolith and pollen analysis
Extraction strategies and technological tradition at late pre-Hispanic quarries, southern Peru (ca. 1000–1532 CE)
Roll Me a Great Stone
Maquetas inkaicas en Chiu-Chiu
Inca manipulation of the sacred landscape of Saraguro, Ecuador
The Imperial Inka road system
Mit'a para el inca
Out of Ruins
Dynamic Display, Propaganda, and the Reinforcement of Provincial Power in the Inca Empire
Semiotic ideologies of stone in Andean and Khmer political landscapes
Procurement at the Chivay obsidian source, Arequipa, Peru
Evidence for Long-Distance Transportation of Building Stones in the Inka Empire, from Cuzco, Peru to Saraguro, Ecuador
Power in Stone
Becoming Saraguro
Royal commentaries of the Incas, and general history of Peru.
The Inka road system
Narrative of the Incas
Provincial power in the Inka empire
Inca Religion and Customs
Historia de los Incas
Historia del origen y genealogía real de los reyes incas del Perú
Religion in the Andes
Probanza de los incas nietos de conquistadores
Las cronicas y los Andes
Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo
Power in Stone
Un inédit de Cristobal de Albornoz
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |