Resilient Lords and Indian Vagabonds: Wealth, Migration, and the Reproductive Transformation of Quito's Chiefdoms, 1500-1700

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the chiefdom underwent important sociopolitical changes in the Audiencia of Quito as chiefs forged a variety of strategies to confront the disruptions of Spanish colonization. By tracing the family history of one ruling lineage, I argue that while the...

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Published in:Ethnohistory 1991-07, Vol.38 (3), p.225-249
Main Author: Powers, Karen M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Censuses
Chiefdoms
Colonies
Colonies & territories
Communities
Culture
History
Homelessness
Incan culture
Labor
Migration
Native North Americans
Politics
Spanish
Wealth
Workforce
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Summary:During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the chiefdom underwent important sociopolitical changes in the Audiencia of Quito as chiefs forged a variety of strategies to confront the disruptions of Spanish colonization. By tracing the family history of one ruling lineage, I argue that while the chiefs' survival strategies generated a significant transformation of indigenous political norms, they also served to reproduce Andean society. Adaptations based on the accumulation of private wealth and on the recruited labor of Indian vagabonds are examined in detail.
ISSN:0014-1801
1527-5477
DOI:10.2307/482354