Indigenous Culture and Change in Guerrero, Mexico, 7000 BCE to 1600 CE

Ian Jacobs

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9780826365873
• Topic: Geschichte
• Subtopic: Mexikanische Geschichte

Until recently, Guerrero's past has suffered from relative neglect by archaeologists and historians. While a number of excellent studies have expanded our knowledge of certain aspects of the region's history or of particular areas or topics, the absence of a thorough scholarly overview has left Guerrero's significant contributions to the history of Mesoamerica and colonial Mexico greatly underestimated. With Indigenous Culture and Change in Guerrero, Mexico, 7000 BCE to 1600 CE Ian Jacobs at last puts Guerrero's history firmly on the map of Mexican archaeology and history. The book brings together a vast amount of cross-disciplinary information to understand the deep roots of the Indigenous cultures of a complex region of Mexico and the forces that shaped the foundations of colonial Mexico in the sixteenth century and beyond. This book is particularly significant for its exploration of archaeological, Indigenous, and historical sources.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Guerrero ca. 7000 BCE to 1521 CE: Regions, Peoples, Resources, and Exchange
• Chapter 2. Art, Culture, Ideas, Beliefs, Languages, and Population
• Chapter 3. Politics and Power
• Chapter 4. The Coming of the Spandiards: Invasion, Colonization, and Evangelization
• Chapter 5. Power, Adaptation, Resistance, and New Institutions: The Response of the Indigenous Communities of Guerrero, 1521-ca. 1600
• Chapter 6. Encomiendas, Encomenderos, and Guerrero’s Indigenous Communities
• Chapter 7. Land, Agriculture, Livestock, and Commerce: Guerrero’s Emerging Economy
• Chapter 8. From Gold to Silver: The Mining Economy of Sixteenth-Century Guerrero
• Chapter 9. The Lure of Asia
• Concluding Observations
• Appendix 1. Weights, Measures, and Money
• Appendix 2. Rulers of New Spain, 1524-1603
• Appendix 3. Some Individuals Engaged in the Peruvian and Manila Trade with Acapulco, 1583-1601
• Appendix 4. Glossary of Place Names
• Appendix 5. Glossary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index