The Villagómez of Suchitepec, Oaxaca: A Mixtec Cacicazgo, 1701-1860

  • John K. Chance Arizona State University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2011.v41.n2.10
Keywords: Indigenous nobility, cacicazgo, Mixteca Baja, terrazgueros

Abstract

The cacicazgo persisted longer in the Mixteca Baja of western Oaxaca and southern Puebla than in many other parts of New Spain. This article sketches the history of the second largest cacicazgo in the region, that of the Villagómez of Suchitepec, Oaxaca in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This case study illuminates some general trends in the Mixteca Baja at the time, including the withdrawal of many caciques from political offices and their continuing relationships with their terrazgueros despite growing opposition in many pueblos.

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John K. Chance, Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change

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K. Chance J. (2011). The Villagómez of Suchitepec, Oaxaca: A Mixtec Cacicazgo, 1701-1860. Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 41(2), 501-520. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2011.v41.n2.10
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Vol. 41 No. 2 (2011)
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