Las visitas coloniales y los espacios internodales a fines del siglo xvii: Propuestas para la interpretación de sus silencios

Abstract

In this article, we analyse some gaps we found in historical sources' information, in the light of the proposal of "internodal" studies. Our main sources were the General Inspection ordered by Viceroy La Palata in 1683 (provinces of Atacama, Lipez and Chichas), and the inspection ordered by Antonio Martinez Lujan de Vargas among the "encomiendas of Tucuman" (puna de Jujuy). We mapped the results and analysed them critically comparing them with two different sources. On the one hand, we chose two other inspections that were made following different objectives; on the other hand, we discussed our first map with archaeological information. Finally, we proposed a definition of internodal spaces for the colonial period, and analysed the practises that characterized them.