Restoring the Inca’s order: the tocurico/tocricoc voice, its translation and normative proposition for the good viceregal government, Peru 1540-1567
Upon their arrival to Peru, several Spanish agents emphasised the importance of an Inca administrative post. The tocuirico/tocricoc expressed the logics of a prehispanic empire that needed efficient systems of surveillance and control. In this article, we explore the different references concerning...
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Grupo Prohistoria
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/2053 |
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| Sumario: | Upon their arrival to Peru, several Spanish agents emphasised the importance of an Inca administrative post. The tocuirico/tocricoc expressed the logics of a prehispanic empire that needed efficient systems of surveillance and control. In this article, we explore the different references concerning its function and the political translations we obtain from colonial documents. We analyse diachronically the attempts to translate the term tocuirico/tocricoc by emphasizing the function as a judge, inspector (visitador), governor, supervisor (veedor) and chief magistrate (Corregidor). In this way, and beyond its literal translation, we speculate on the need of its colonial restitution as a part of the respect for the traditional Inca constitutions (fueros) and laws which pursued the goal of achieving good government and policy in the Kingdoms of Peru. |
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