Barter and Hierarchy: A Practical Perspective on Food, Society, and Knowledge in the Inca Empire
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| author | Arizmendi, Luis-Felipe |
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| contents | The Inca Empire developed a sophisticated food production system, social organisation, and knowledge transmission without money or writing. The article introduces the concept of a barter economy structured through hierarchical cooperation and examines the Inca model from a practice-based (heuristical) perspective. |
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| spellingShingle | Barter and Hierarchy: A Practical Perspective on Food, Society, and Knowledge in the Inca Empire Arizmendi, Luis-Felipe Theoretical Economics The Inca Empire developed a sophisticated food production system, social organisation, and knowledge transmission without money or writing. The article introduces the concept of a barter economy structured through hierarchical cooperation and examines the Inca model from a practice-based (heuristical) perspective. |
| title | Barter and Hierarchy: A Practical Perspective on Food, Society, and Knowledge in the Inca Empire |
| topic | Theoretical Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15726 |