Making space under the Inca: a space syntax analysis of a mitmaq settlement in Vilcas Huamán Province, Peru

The Inca mitmaq policy ambitiously resettled up to one-third of its subject population. Despite the importance of this mass relocation, we know little of the mitmaqkuna , the people resettled under the policy. Through a spatial analysis of Yanawilka, an agricultural mitmaq settlement near the Inca p...

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Published inAntiquity Vol. 93; no. 370; pp. 990 - 1008
Main Author Hu, Di
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.08.2019
Subjects
Analysis
Anthropological research
Archaeology
Business relocation
Excavation
Forced migration
Historical analysis
Imperialism
Incan civilization
Incas
Land settlement
Landscape
Relocation
Space
Spatial analysis
Syntactic analysis
Syntax
Peru
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Summary:The Inca mitmaq policy ambitiously resettled up to one-third of its subject population. Despite the importance of this mass relocation, we know little of the mitmaqkuna , the people resettled under the policy. Through a spatial analysis of Yanawilka, an agricultural mitmaq settlement near the Inca provincial capital of Vilcashuamán, this article explores how Inca imperial control differentially affected various aspects of the mitmaqkuna's social landscapes. The use of space syntax analysis to assess the centrality of the Inca imperial presence within such settlements may be of value for assessing other imperial contexts around the world.
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ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2019.82