The destructuring of the Andean chiefdoms

Conflicts over the residence of the curaca of Colán. North Coast

Authors

  • Oswaldo Fernández Villegas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36901/allpanchis.v24i40.795

Keywords:

Peru

Abstract

The control of power among the indigenous elite is a key issue to understand the process of socio-political destructuring that the Andean curacazgos experienced during the centuries after the XVI AD. This problem is reflected in the conflicts and rivalries between the curacas, not only because of the taking of their emblems of command, such as the chipana, duho or tiana, uncu, trumpets and taverns, but also because of the rooms where they lived. This article briefly refers to a lawsuit brought by some "principal Indians" from the curacazgo of Colán, basically for the seizure of a "casical house".

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Published

1992-12-14

How to Cite

The destructuring of the Andean chiefdoms: Conflicts over the residence of the curaca of Colán. North Coast. (1992). Allpanchis, 24(40), 97-115. https://doi.org/10.36901/allpanchis.v24i40.795

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