Las estancias de Nuestra Señora de los Reyes de Yapeyú: tenencia de la tierra por uso cotidiano, acuerdo interétnico y derecho natural (Misiones jesuíticas del Paraguay)

Abstract

The constitution of the missionary social-spatial structure of the Yapeyú town, one of the so-called jesuitical missions of guaraní aborigines, had gone through a particular evolution. It was influenced by the efforts of the community of Yapeyú itself and the bonds of relationships and reciprocity created with the surrounding ethnical groups. The aim of this project is to pinpoint the ethnically heterogenic character of the people from Yapeyú and their interethnic relationships with nomad groups as the grounds of this process.