Abstract

MARTINEZ AGUILAR, José Manuel. Population Readjustments in Tzintzuntzan in the 16th Century. Secuencia [online]. 2017, n.97, pp.6-29. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i97.1446.

The congregations or reductions of Indian peoples have been widely documented for many peoples of New Spain. In the specific case of Tzintzuntzan, there was some doubt as to whether this process actually took place, since no records had been found. An analysis of various colonial manuscripts, chronicles, previous studies, the oral tradition and the urban layout of the city shows that Tzintzuntzan had undergone at least two moments of urban social reorganization. The first took place in the 1530s with the relocation of the convent and part of the population that lived on the slopes of Tariácuri Hill. The second must have been carried out in the late 16th or early 17th centuries, with the transfer of several of its neighborhoods to the head town.

Keywords : congregations; foundations; Tzintzuntzan; Michoacán; New Spain.

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