Time-space Appropriation in the Inka Empire A Study of Imperial Metabolism BOGADÓTTIR, RAGNHEIDUR 2016 Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): BOGADÓTTIR, RAGNHEIDUR. (2016). Time-space Appropriation in the Inka Empire: A Study of Imperial Metabolism. [Doctoral Thesis (monograph), Human Ecology]. Lund University. 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LUND UNIVERSITY PO Box 117 221 00 Lund +46 46-222 00 00 s LUND STUDIES IN HUMAN ECOLOGY 15 HL UU MN AD N S T EU C D O LIE OS GIN Y 15 Ragnheiður Bogadóttir iT n Time-space tim Time-space Appropriation in h e e - the Inka Empire Insp ka Appropriation in the A Study of Imperial Metabolism a ce Em A p This thesis analyzes some aspects of the appropriation of labor time and natural space in the pp Inka Empire (ca. AD 1400 – 1532) in order to illuminate the cultural organization of Inka irr Inka Empire eo imperial metabolism. Rather than understanding Inka imperialism simply as a political p r process with socioecological consequences, it is investigated as an ecological process organ- i a ized through specific cultural categories. The Inka imperial economy is conceptualized in ti o terms of transfers of time and space between different categories of people. n A Study of Imperial Metabolism The thesis thus addresses long-standing questions regarding the economic operation of the Inka Empire as well as central issues in general social theory. It demonstrates how impe- rial power is based on biophysical flows of embodied labor and land, organized by specific Ragnheiður Bogadóttir cultural permutations of reciprocity and redistribution. The thesis focuses on estimating these flows through analyses of time-space appropriation. This is done by reconstructing, on the basis of archaeological, historical and ethnographic data, the production processes of three emblematic Inka artifacts: textiles, chicha (maize beer), and stone walls. R a g n h e ið u r Human Ecology Division B L und University 193181 ogad IISSSBNN 1947083-9-510-72622 3-898-1 9789176 óttir Time-space Appropriation in the Inka Empire 1 2 Time-space Appropriation in the Inka Empire A Study of Imperial Metabolism Ragnheiður Bogadóttir DOCTORAL DISSERTATION by due permission of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. To be defended at Flygeln, Geocentrum I, Sölvegatan 10, Lund, Friday 16th of September 2016 at 10.00 Faculty opponent Professor Cathy L. Costin 3 Organization Document name LUND UNIVERSITY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION Department of Human Geography and Date of issue the Human Ecology Division September 2016 Sölvegatan 10, 223 62 Lund Author(s) Sponsoring organization Ragnheiður Bogadóttir FORMAS The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning Title and subtitle Time-space Appropriation in the Inka Empire: A Study of Imperial Metabolsim. Abstract This thesis analyzes some aspects of the appropriation of labor time and natural space in the Inka Empire (ca. AD 1400 – 1532) in order to illuminate the cultural organization of Inka imperial metabolism. Rather than understanding Inka imperialism simply as a political process with socioecological consequences, it is investigated as an ecological process organized through specific cultural categories. The Inka imperial economy is conceptualized in terms of transfers of time and space between different categories of people. The thesis thus addresses long-standing questions regarding the economic operation of the Inka Empire as well as central issues in general social theory. It demonstrates how imperial power is based on biophysical flows of embodied labor and land, organized by specific cultural permutations of reciprocity and redistribution. The thesis focuses on estimating these flows through analyses of time-space appropriation. This is done by reconstructing, on the basis of archaeological, historical and ethnographic data, the production processes of three emblematic Inka artifacts: textiles, chicha (maize beer), and stone walls. Key words: Inka Empire, time-space appropriation, ecologically unequal exchange, historical political ecology, human ecology Classification system and/or index terms (if any) Supplementary bibliographical information Language: English ISSN and key title ISBN 1403-5022 (Lund Studies in Human Ecology 15) 978-91-7623-898-1 Recipient’s notes Number of pages 198 Price Security classification I, the undersigned, being the copyright owner of the abstract of the above-mentioned dissertation, hereby grant to all reference sources permission to publish and disseminate the abstract of the above-mentioned dissertation. Signature Date 4 Time-space Appropriation in the Inka Empire A Study of Imperial Metabolism Ragnheiður Bogadóttir 5 Copyright © Ragnheiður Bogadóttir 2016 Illustration on rear cover by Kristina Anshelm Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Human Geography and the Human Ecology Division ISBN 978-91-7623-898-1 ISSN 1403-5022 Printed in Sweden by Media-Tryck, Lund University Lund 2016 6 To my parents 7