ARTHI 6H Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Pachamama, Mama Killa, Inca Mythology
Document Summary
Of stones and huacas: the inca sacred landscape. Collca: storage facilities that had surplus food, clothing, and other necessities. These materials were obtained through tribute taxation o. Invented a technique for dry meat: provided physical evidence that the inca empire was caring for you. Quipucamayoc: quipu creator. one who records and reads the information on the quipu: highly trained as a figure of the state. Mit"a: turn. a mandatory labor tax imposed on all subjects of the inca empire o. Laborers would be clothed and fed during this time o. Tocapu: a small square unit of decoration that conveys pictorial information. Inca textiles and keros: cannot know exactly what it means, very simple and easy to convey. A stringed tool used by the inca to record numerical data and possibly stories. Consists of a primary cord with knotted pendant cords attached: hundreds have been found archaeologically, naturally colored. Colors possibly record information: knots are all made the same way.
