María Rostworowski revolutionized the study of the Inca Empire by moving away from the traditional Spanish chronicler narratives that viewed the Incas through a European feudal lens. Through the use of ethnohistory and the analysis of administrative documents (such as visitas and land titles), Rostworowski reconstructed the political, economic, and social structure of the Tahuantinsuyo. This paper summarizes her key findings regarding the nature of Inca power, the economic reciprocity system, the role of the panaca , and the succession crises that precipitated the empire's fall.
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For decades, the narrative of the Inca Empire was dominated by Spanish colonial chronicles that often projected European feudal structures onto Andean reality. However, the publication of María Rostworowski’s Historia del Tahuantinsuyu María Rostworowski revolutionized the study of the Inca