ANTH 0538 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Critical Role, Ayllu, Kuraka
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The living believed that they were dependent on their mummified ancestors to provide them with good harvests, etc. Late prehispanic social organization: inca"s developed at the tail end of the late prehistoric period, ayllu the basic social unit larger than the family. Lineage or clan which related a group of families that share a common (apical) ancestor. Kuraka duties: manage ayllu resources (land, lakes, etc. ) (parcel them out as needed, etc, organize communal labor, organize and implement ceremonies, particularly those which connected the ancestors. Interacted with the mummies on behalf of the ayllu: intermediary between the living and the supernatural. Kuraka was economically supported by ayllu members in exchange for their governing: functional, reciprocal relationship. 1) death as a process, not event. Huanac die-ers (goner: people who are approaching death, so old they should be dead, in the process of dying, or recently dead (funeral rites were continuing) Not a sure distinction between living and dead.
