ANT-3451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The Columbian Exchange, Indigenous Languages Of The Americas, Encomienda
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Intro: charles wagley; grouped new world into 3 basic cultural spheres . Plantation american: only 1/3 of bolivians speak spanish as a rst language, rest speak aymara, Classi cation based on linguistic and cultural factors rather than any visible biological traits that might qualify as racial. Amerindian america: regions with large, dense populations of indigenous peoples at the time of. Mexico, interior of central america, cordillera of the andes: o cial languages: quechua, aymara, guarani, spanish. Inca largest empire in the world, high altitude farmers, altiplano: encomienda system. Sugar cane and co ee: biggest cash crops, grown pretty much anywhere except high altitudes. Soldiers who conquered land were the rst to be granted land and farm it. Wednesday, november 8, 2017: mestizo/mestizaje, religious syncretism: Traditional aymaran religion practiced alongside roman catholic rites and ceremonies. Indigenous populations blend their polytheistic traditions with european religion that is introduced. Natives adopted roman catholicism but also chose patron saints that resembled their polytheistic gods.
