v Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables xi 1. Surplus: The Politics of Production and the Strategies of Everyday and Life—An Introduction Christopher T. Morehart and Kristin De Lucia 3 2. The Cost of Conquest: Assessing the Impact of Inka Tribute Demands on the Wanka of Highland Peru Cathy Lynne Costin 45 3. Surplus and Social Change: The Production of Household and Field in Pre-Aztec Central Mexico Kristin De Lucia and Christopher T. Morehart 73 4. Surplus in the Indus Civilization: Agricultural Choices, Social Relations, Political Effects Heather M.-L. Miller 97