ayllu

And the aggressive materialism of global corporations is destroying "ayllu," the indigenous sense of community that encompasses every being in a village, including hills, rivers, animals and plants, each of which is endowed with a spirit.

Another Green World 2009

In the Andes, the fundamental social unit was the ayllu, a kinship group with a common ancestor.

G. The Americas, 1000-1525 2001

The ayllu had access to land, and the ayllu families cultivated assigned plots and had reciprocal duties in community activities.

G. The Americas, 1000-1525 2001

If the sites here were built by Pachacuti and populated by members of his clan or ayllu, they may have gone into a decline in the generations after his death.

Exploring the Inca Heartland: Machu Picchu 1999

Each ruler had his own palace in Cuzco, and after his death, his deified remains were preserved there, cared for by an enormous retinue of servants and loved ones, all members of his own ayllu, or clan.

One River Wade Davis 1996

Each ruler had his own palace in Cuzco, and after his death, his deified remains were preserved there, cared for by an enormous retinue of servants and loved ones, all members of his own ayllu, or clan.

One River Wade Davis 1996

He left no lineage or _ayllu_, and of those who are now living, one only, named

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

Each sovereign Inca formed an _ayllu_ or "gens" of his descendants, who preserved the memory of his deeds in _quipus_, songs, and traditions handed down and learnt by heart.

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

_Chima Panaca Ayllu_, which means the lineage descending from Chima, because the first to whom he left his _ayllu_ or lineage in charge was named _Chima_, and _Panaca_ means "to descend."

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

It is to be noted that the members of this _ayllu_ always adored the statue of Manco Ccapac, and not those of the other Incas, but the _ayllus_ of the other Incas always worshipped that statue and the others also.

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa