Inca storehouses from Guaman Poma, El primero nueva corónica y buen gobierno, Rolena Adorno and John Murra edition, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, Mexico City.
ocal communities, or ayllu, paid taxes as payments for the king’s service as head of state and religion. Taxes were not paid in currency but by providing agricultural labor and staples, weaving textiles, or providing labor on a rotating basis for construction projects and military campaigns. Agricultural taxes created vast reserves of staples that could be distributed during times of drought and famine. Some workers, notably artisans, were employed full-time by the state.
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