HIST 285 Lecture 2: HIST 285 Week 5 Lecture 2
7 Feb 2016
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First nations people of south america: indigenous colony. An economic view: ayllus (in the andes, calpulli (mexico) Social organization that date back to before the. Spanish arrived and worshiped a certain saint and continue to exist in a modified form. Old forms of organization do no got away but adapt to the labour regimes. The older systems of organization change in the sense that there is competition between different kin groups and those the descend from a common family. Competition for self-sufficiency, access to wealth (in colonial terms of access to coins, sliver, crops and land) Not only paying tributes but moved around into new parishes (villages) by the spanish state. New spaces as in regions the native community has declined: yanaconas, naborias & forasteros. They have their own parallel system of government to the spanish with the interaction between the town council (local judge) and the caciques (native lords) that have control over labour.
