Abstract
In the 16th century the words sapsi or zapsi in Quechua and hayma in Aymara signifi ed what was owned by a community: land and goods, and also work in common carried out on land and with common goods. Th e article based on interviews by Spanish o ffi cials and responses from indigenous administrators tries to list the uses of what is called sapsi, the organization of its administration and the way to negotiate neces-sary work and use of the product such as food, clothing or money.
Translated title of the contribution | SAPSI - A REAL INSTITUTION THAT LEAVES NO TRACE |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 143-163 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Estudios Latinoamericanos |
Volume | 39 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019, The Polish Society for Latin American Studies. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Etnohistory
- Institutions of indigenous administration
- Quechua
- Sapsi