Empire and Domestic Economy

• Main Authors: D’Altroy, Terence N. (Author), Hastorf, Christine A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.

Table of Contents:

• Investigating the Domestic Economy
• The Domestic Economy, Households, and Imperial Transformation
• The Cultural Setting
• The Natural Environment
• The Archaeological Context
• Ethnoarchaeology and Contemporary Domestic Economy in the Mantaro Valley
• Life in the Community
• The Architecture and Organization of Xauxa Settlements
• Agricultural Production and Consumption
• Animal Husbandry and Meat Consumption
• Production and Exchange of Ceramics
• State Goods in the Domestic Economy: The Inka Ceramic Assemblage
• The Economy of Metal and Shell Wealth Goods
• Synthesis and Conclusions
• Exchange and Social Stratification in the Andes The Xauxa Case
• The Xauxa Andean Life
• From Autonomous to Imperial Rule.