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RHA75__Maquetación HA 25/05/2018 14:23 Página 33 Historia Agraria, 75 I Agosto 2018 I pp. 33-68 I DOI 10.26882/histagrar.075e03g © 2018 SEHA New crops, new landscapes and new socio-political relationships in the cañada de Yosotiche (Mixteca region, Oaxaca, Mexico), 16th-18th centuries MARTA MARTÍN GABALDÓN KEYWORDS: ecological complementarity, yuhuitayu, sugar cane, Mixteca region. JEL CODES: N56, N96, O33, Q15. ur aim is to determine continuities and changes in the cañada of Yosotiche environment since the introduction by Spanish conquerors and settlers of new Ocrops, especially sugarcane. A study of the biological modifications of a par- ticular ecosystem allows inferences on changes and continuities in socio-political rela- tions. This particular case study contributes to a discussion of the general model of Mix- tec political territoriality. The methodology applied here involves a convergence that integrates the analysis of historical documents, archaeological data, fieldwork and anth- ropological information, along with discoveries made by earlier research. It offers in- sight into occupational dynamics and their ties to the political, administrative, econo- mic and social structures within the cañada during colonial times. The introduction of foreign crops produced changes in the ecological complemen- tarity 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-Hispa- nic traditions. 33 RHA75__Maquetación HA 25/05/2018 14:23 Página 34 Marta Martín Gabaldón Nuevos cultivos, nuevos paisajes y nuevas relaciones político-sociales en la cañada de Yosotiche (región mixteca, Oaxaca, México), siglos XVI-XVIII PALABRAS CLAVE: complementariedad ecológica, yuhuitayu, caña de azúcar, región mixteca.
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