Dead Bones Dancing: The Taki Onqoy, Archaism, and Crisis in Sixteenth Century Peru.

<p>In 1532, a group of Spanish <em>conquistadores</em> defeated the armies of the Inca Empire and moved from plundering the treasure of the region to establishing an imperial reign based on the <em>encomienda</em> system. The increasing demand for native labor and material goods forced fragmentation and restructuring of indigenous communities. The failure of evangelization efforts by the Spanish, the breakdown of their early bureaucratic apparatus, and the threat of the Neo-Inca State in exile generated a crisis among the Spanish in the 1560s. Concomitantly, indigenous Andeans experienced psychological and spiritual pressures found an outlet in a millenarian movement known as <em>Taki Onqoy</em>. This thesis discusses the Taki Onqoy in the context of the decade of crisis, and its role as a mechanism of archaism by which the Andean people endeavored to restructure their post-conquest world.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Henson, SΣndra Lee Allen

• Millenarian Movements
• Archaism
• Taki Onqoy
• Sixteenth Century Peru
• Arts and Humanities
• History

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• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/642

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1799