The Inka Economy

Economy• An economy consists of the system of

the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services within a country or other area – that is, it pertains to the labor, capital and land resources, as well as the actors, or agents, who participate in the production, storage, exchange, distribution, and consumption of goods and services within a given area.

Tripartite Division of Resources

• State/Inka

• Religion/Gods

• Hatunruna (Ayllus/Commoners)

Ayllus and the Vertical Archipelago

Caballitos

Coastal Valley Ecology

Highland Agriculture

Andean Agricultural Sciences

Highland irrigation

Varieties of Potatoes in one field (chakra)

Labor Organization:Reciprocity-Ayni / Minka State Labor -Mit’a

Root Crop (Manioc) cultivationin the ceja and Tropical Forest

Administrative Centers with Storehouses

Collcas - Storehouses

Aqllakuna – young women in service to the state (weaving, brewing chicha, etc.)

Aqllahuasi at Huánuco Pampa

Mitimaes (Mitmaqkuna)

• Military

• Economic

• Religious

State Farms - Cochabamba(Huayna Capac)

Cochabamba Valley Maize Fields (Huayna Capac)

Supplying laborers for state farms in Abancay and Cochabamba

Suyus in Cochabamba maize field

Artisanal Facilities staffed by mitimaes

Mitimaes for Copacabana Pilgrimage Center, Lake Titicaca

Miliraya - Textile and Pottery Production

Copacabana Pilgrimage Center

Collca quipucamayoq

Military Recruitment and Organization

Census-Taking

Provincial Record Keeper

Chupachu Labor Assignments (1549)

Decimal Administrative Accounting - Khipu