A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations
The rulers of the Inka empire conquered approximately 2 million km<sup>2</sup> of the South American Andes in just under 100 years from 1438–1533 CE. Inside the empire, the elite conducted a systematic resettlement of the many Indigenous peoples in the Andes that had been rapidly colonis...
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description | The rulers of the Inka empire conquered approximately 2 million km<sup>2</sup> of the South American Andes in just under 100 years from 1438–1533 CE. Inside the empire, the elite conducted a systematic resettlement of the many Indigenous peoples in the Andes that had been rapidly colonised. The nature of this resettlement phenomenon is recorded within the Spanish colonial ethnohistorical record. Here we have broadly characterised the resettlement policy, despite the often incomplete and conflicting details in the descriptions. We then review research from multiple disciplines that investigate the empirical reality of the Inka resettlement policy, including stable isotope analysis, intentional cranial deformation morphology, ceramic artefact chemical analyses and genetics. Further, we discuss the benefits and limitations of each discipline for investigating the resettlement policy and emphasise their collective value in an interdisciplinary characterisation of the resettlement policy. |
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spelling | doaj.art-44c2f4e92d0d488f9e7e259c0b635bc72023-12-03T12:06:09ZengMDPI AGGenes2073-44252021-02-0112221510.3390/genes12020215A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future InvestigationsRoberta Davidson0Lars Fehren-Schmitz1Bastien Llamas2Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, Adelaide University, Adelaide, SA 5005, AustraliaUCSC Paleogenomics, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USAAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, Adelaide University, Adelaide, SA 5005, AustraliaThe rulers of the Inka empire conquered approximately 2 million km<sup>2</sup> of the South American Andes in just under 100 years from 1438–1533 CE. Inside the empire, the elite conducted a systematic resettlement of the many Indigenous peoples in the Andes that had been rapidly colonised. The nature of this resettlement phenomenon is recorded within the Spanish colonial ethnohistorical record. Here we have broadly characterised the resettlement policy, despite the often incomplete and conflicting details in the descriptions. We then review research from multiple disciplines that investigate the empirical reality of the Inka resettlement policy, including stable isotope analysis, intentional cranial deformation morphology, ceramic artefact chemical analyses and genetics. Further, we discuss the benefits and limitations of each discipline for investigating the resettlement policy and emphasise their collective value in an interdisciplinary characterisation of the resettlement policy.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/2/215Inkainterdisciplinaryethnohistoryisotopespaleogeneticsresettlement |
spellingShingle | Roberta Davidson Lars Fehren-Schmitz Bastien Llamas A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations Genes Inka interdisciplinary ethnohistory isotopes paleogenetics resettlement |
title | A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations |
title_full | A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations |
title_fullStr | A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations |
title_full_unstemmed | A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations |
title_short | A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations |
title_sort | multidisciplinary review of the inka imperial resettlement policy and implications for future investigations |
topic | Inka interdisciplinary ethnohistory isotopes paleogenetics resettlement |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/2/215 |
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