New crops, new landscapes and new socio-political relationships in the cañada de Yosotiche (Mixteca region, Oaxaca, Mexico), 16th-18th centuries
Our aim is to determine continuities and changes in the cañada of Yosotiche environment since the introduction by Spanish conquerors and settlers of new crops, especially sugarcane. A study of the biological modifications of a particular ecosystem allows inferences on changes and continuities in soc...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional del Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, UNAM |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ru.historicas.unam.mx:20.500.12525/1179 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12525/1179 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | CIENCIAS SOCIALES::HISTORIA complementariedad ecológica yuhuitayu caña de azúcar región mixteca Mixteca (Oaxaca) -- Historia Mixtecas -- Oaxaca -- Política y gobierno Mixteca (Región) -- Historia |
| Resumo: | Our aim is to determine continuities and changes in the cañada of Yosotiche environment since the introduction by Spanish conquerors and settlers of new crops, especially sugarcane. A study of the biological modifications of a particular ecosystem allows inferences on changes and continuities in socio-political relations. This particular case study contributes to a discussion of the general model of Mixtec political territoriality. The methodology applied here involves a convergence that integrates the analysis of historical documents, archaeological data, fieldwork and anthropological information, along with discoveries made by earlier research. It offers insight into occupational dynamics and their ties to the political, administrative, economic and social structures within the cañada during colonial times. The introduction of foreign crops produced changes in the ecological complementarity system practiced by the villages that possessed lands in the cañada, consequently modifying the labour relations of the inhabitants. An analysis of this situation reveals the singular status of the lands owned by Tlaxiaco, which seemingly fit the regulations dictated by the Laws of the Indies but, in essence, meant the continuity of pre-Hispanic traditions. |
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