Th e Inka Empire adopted several means to create, demonstrate and legitimize the power in its conquests over a vast territory. Th is paper focuses on one of those means: the production and restructuring of socially constructed space. We believe that through this process of domination, the Inka Empire imposed its ideology and its worldview over the conquered societies. Although we do not ignore or reject the explanations usually given to this process, this position evaluates the Inka expansionism as a process guided not only by economic or logistic motivations. Th erefore, we believe that ideology and the use of space are both key components when analyzing any social process, and in this specific case: the Inka domination in Northwest Argentina, particularly in the area of the Quebrada de Humahuaca. In subsequent lines we aim to explore some aspects of the relationship between ideology and space as theoretical concepts with the social production of space in the Tawantinsuyu, the Inka conquest of Humahuaca and the specifi c case of La Huerta archaeological site.
Keywords:
Ideology, Space, Inka Rule, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Square
Leibowicz, I. (2012). Ideology and space: Inka conquest in quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (25). Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/20285
