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  2] 
  INCA 
  CULTURE 
  — 
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  sisted 
  of 
  rows 
  of 
  small 
  square 
  buildings 
  with 
  thatched 
  roofs, 
  separated 
  

   from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  6 
  to 
  9 
  feet 
  (2 
  to 
  3 
  m.) 
  as 
  protection 
  against 
  fire 
  

   (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  12, 
  ch. 
  30). 
  The 
  stores 
  were 
  drawn 
  upon 
  as 
  

   needed, 
  those 
  of 
  religion 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  sacrifices, 
  ceremonies, 
  and 
  the 
  

   support 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  priesthood, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  for 
  

   the 
  army, 
  the 
  nobility, 
  men 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  labor 
  service, 
  and 
  all 
  

   persons 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  pay 
  taxes 
  — 
  the 
  aged 
  and 
  infirm, 
  widows, 
  special 
  

   craftsmen, 
  and 
  Government 
  servants. 
  The 
  curacas 
  were 
  authorized 
  

   to 
  draw 
  upon 
  the 
  Government 
  stores 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  famine 
  or 
  disaster, 
  

   and 
  distribute 
  whatever 
  was 
  needed 
  to 
  the 
  people, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  surplus 
  

   provided 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  Government 
  insurance 
  against 
  crop 
  failure. 
  In 
  

   addition, 
  whenever 
  the 
  stocks 
  were 
  sufficiently 
  large, 
  the 
  Emperor 
  

   ordered 
  a 
  general 
  distribution 
  from 
  the 
  Government 
  storehouses, 
  

   usually 
  sending 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  one 
  province 
  to 
  another 
  which, 
  because 
  

   of 
  climatic 
  differences, 
  did 
  not 
  produce 
  them. 
  This 
  distribution 
  had 
  

   nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  need, 
  and 
  simply 
  served 
  to 
  gratify 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  

   make 
  more 
  room 
  in 
  the 
  storehouses. 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  12, 
  ch. 
  30; 
  

   Falc6n, 
  1918, 
  p. 
  153; 
  Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  12.) 
  

  

  Exactly 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  tax 
  collection 
  in 
  agriculture 
  was 
  

   that 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  llama 
  and 
  alpaca 
  breeding 
  districts. 
  The 
  pas- 
  

   ture 
  land 
  was 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  parts. 
  The 
  herds 
  were 
  also 
  divided, 
  

   those 
  of 
  Government 
  and 
  religion 
  being 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  communities, 
  probably 
  because 
  the 
  animals 
  were 
  

   used 
  chiefly 
  for 
  sacrifices 
  and 
  for 
  wool 
  destined 
  for 
  general 
  distri- 
  

   bution, 
  both 
  public 
  functions. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  taxpayer 
  was 
  allowed 
  

   up 
  to 
  10 
  animals, 
  and 
  nobles 
  received 
  proportionately 
  more 
  as 
  gifts 
  

   of 
  the 
  Emperor. 
  Privately 
  owned 
  animals 
  were 
  never 
  requisitioned 
  

   or 
  taxed. 
  The 
  wool 
  from 
  Government 
  animals 
  was 
  stored 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  to 
  the 
  taxpayers 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  Empire 
  in 
  equal 
  allotments, 
  

   each 
  sufficient 
  to 
  provide 
  the 
  family 
  with 
  clothing. 
  No 
  account 
  was 
  

   taken 
  of 
  individual 
  need, 
  and 
  a 
  man 
  whose 
  own 
  llamas 
  provided 
  him 
  

   sufficient 
  wool 
  received 
  an 
  allotment 
  just 
  the 
  same 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  

   bk. 
  12, 
  ch. 
  29). 
  

  

  The 
  mit'a. 
  — 
  The 
  Inca 
  taxpayer's 
  second 
  labor 
  obligation 
  was 
  the 
  

   mit'a, 
  or 
  labor 
  service. 
  The 
  Government 
  required 
  each 
  taxpayer 
  

   to 
  perform 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  annually. 
  The 
  amount 
  was 
  

   limited 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  the 
  Emperor. 
  To 
  keep 
  the 
  system 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  smoothly, 
  however, 
  sufficient 
  men 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  at 
  home 
  at 
  all 
  

   times 
  to 
  tend 
  the 
  fields 
  and 
  flocks. 
  Labor 
  levies 
  were 
  made 
  through 
  

   the 
  decimal 
  classification 
  of 
  officials. 
  If 
  a 
  thousand 
  men 
  were 
  needed 
  

   from 
  the 
  territory 
  of 
  a 
  hono, 
  each 
  chief 
  of 
  10 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  furnish 
  

   one 
  to 
  his 
  chief 
  of 
  50; 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  50 
  passed 
  them 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  

   100, 
  and 
  so 
  on. 
  A 
  burden 
  of 
  any 
  size 
  could 
  be 
  equitably 
  and 
  quickly 
  

   distributed 
  over 
  a 
  district 
  by 
  this 
  method. 
  The 
  labor 
  service 
  sup- 
  

   plied 
  recruits 
  to 
  the 
  army, 
  post 
  service 
  on 
  the 
  Imperial 
  roads, 
  per- 
  

  

  