Allies or Servants? The Journey of Indian Conquistadors in the Lienzo of Analco.
This article analyzes ambiguities in the roles and identities of the indigenous allies of the Spanish conquerors of Oaxaca's Sierra Norte by putting into dialogue the Lienzo of Analco—an indigenous-produced cartographic narrative of the conquest of the sierra—and archival documentation. The Lienzo o...
| Publicado en: | Ethnohistory Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 653 - 683 |
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