“Mercedes” maps of Calpan

The colonial maps of Spanish-Indian tradition were a legal document that had an administrative function. By this reason, they did not have a scientific exhaustiveness. Some of these maps are now in the Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico) and are a valuable source for the reconstruction of certain...

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Autores: Hernández Alonso, María José, Ruz Barrio, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Anales de Antropología
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/67137
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/antropologia/article/view/67137
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:cartografía hispanoindígena
mapas coloniales
cartografía histórica
Calpan
Spanish-indian cartography
colonial cartography
historical cartography
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Sumario:The colonial maps of Spanish-Indian tradition were a legal document that had an administrative function. By this reason, they did not have a scientific exhaustiveness. Some of these maps are now in the Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico) and are a valuable source for the reconstruction of certain historical spaces. The objective of this article is to contextualize and reconstruct the geographic space of a pueblo de indios, Calpan, in the 16th century. We analyze two maps of the same region, that were elaborated in nearby dates, but are aesthetically distinct. Through other documents and field work, we did.