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Estudios de cultura maya
Print version ISSN 0185-2574
Abstract
ANNEREAU-FULBERT, Marie and FLORES HERNANDEZ, A. Rafael. The History of a Land Litigation Record from Chiapas. A Methodological Proposal. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2021, vol.58, pp.117-159. Epub Oct 04, 2021. ISSN 0185-2574. https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2021.58.23864.
In Chiapas, and particularly in the Highland region, few colonial indigenous documents have been found that are similar to those produced by the neighboring Maya peoples of the Guatemala Highlands and the Yucatan Peninsula. The question of whether or not such sources exist is an legitimate one, considering the importance of these testimonies for linking Postclassic historical processes to the development of indigenous societies in the Colonial era. In this respect, the Chiapa Title is an exception. It is a record that gives us a glimpse of the dynamics and conflicts that unfolded between two large political centers: Chiapa and Zinacantan. Thus, the objective of this article is not to reexamine the content of the document, whose classification as a ''title'' is erroneous, but to analyze the nature and form of this fragment and contextualize it in the framework of the legal discourse of the era and the conflicts between the so-called ''pueblos indios''. To this end, we set forth the methodological guidelines used in our examination of the document, as well as reflections on its complex connection to the still fragmentary archeological corpus from the Postclassic period and its transition to the Colonial era.
Keywords : Chiapa; Zinacantán; Postclassic; Colonial era; land litigation.