Chinamitales: defensores y justicias k’ichee’ en las comunidades indígenas del altiplano de Guatemala colonial

The present article examines the functions of indigenous advocates whose position as ward leaders (chinamitales) in K’ichee’ societies existed in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and continued into the colonial nineteenth century in Guatemala. This was a hereditary legal and administrative position that el...

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Main Author: Jones, Owen H.
Format: Others
Language:Español
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 2016
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Online Access:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/historica/article/view/16071/16493
http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/121916