Publication: Lo que el fuego no se llevó. La orfebrería mixteca como tributo, 1526-1530
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Rivero Hernández, Iván
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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Una vez sujetada la región y establecido el régimen de encomiendas, los señoríos de las Mixtecas Alta, Baja y de la Costa debieron tributar a los españoles parte de su mano de obra y bienes en especie. Entre estos últimos destacó el oro, fuera en su estado natural, en tejos o en joyas. El presente texto centra la atención en estas últimas contribuciones, particularmente valiosas si se piensa en la gran destreza de los orfebres mixtecos. Estos tributos en joyas se estudian, además, en relación a un periodo sumamente temprano, incluso anterior a las conocidas tasaciones de tributos que han permeado tanto en la historiografía sobre el periodo colonial temprano de Nueva España.
Once the indigenous polities located in the great Mixteca (composed of the Alta, Baja and Coastal regions) were granted to certain Spaniards as encomiendas, the tribute had to be paid in workforce and in goods. Gold stood out among the latter, whether in its natural state, melted into pieces or as jewelry. This study focuses on such jewels and gold ornaments, which must have been particularly valuable given the expertise of their makers, the well-known Mixtec goldsmiths. This type of tribute, on the other hand, is considered in this paper in association with a very obscure period, prior to the tax assessments often used by scholars to understand New Spain’s early colonial period
Once the indigenous polities located in the great Mixteca (composed of the Alta, Baja and Coastal regions) were granted to certain Spaniards as encomiendas, the tribute had to be paid in workforce and in goods. Gold stood out among the latter, whether in its natural state, melted into pieces or as jewelry. This study focuses on such jewels and gold ornaments, which must have been particularly valuable given the expertise of their makers, the well-known Mixtec goldsmiths. This type of tribute, on the other hand, is considered in this paper in association with a very obscure period, prior to the tax assessments often used by scholars to understand New Spain’s early colonial period




