Communities and land in the Huanta (Ayacucho) highlands: the cases of Rodeo Pampa and Iquicha

This article analyzes hoy two peasant communities of Huanta, in Ayacucho, have participated in a process of land usufruct throughout the 20th century. Based on the study of the Rodeo Pampa and Iquicha files, it argues that the possession of communal land is the result of a historical development tha...

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Autor: Pereyra Chávez, Nelson E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/30390
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/sociales/article/view/30390
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Peasant communities
communal lands
farms
comunidades campesinas
tierras comunales
haciendas
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Sumario:This article analyzes hoy two peasant communities of Huanta, in Ayacucho, have participated in a process of land usufruct throughout the 20th century. Based on the study of the Rodeo Pampa and Iquicha files, it argues that the possession of communal land is the result of a historical development that began with the configuration of individual and familiar plots, continued with the formation of farms and culminated with the Agrarian Reform and the recognition of the communities. In this process, the peasants claimed ownership of the land through the presentation of documents that they themselves have turned into a moral argument for the defense of their possessions.