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Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad
On-line version ISSN 2448-7554Print version ISSN 0185-3929
Abstract
RAMIREZ CALVA, Verenice Cipatli. Irrigation Systems in Ixmiquilpan, Tetepango and Tula, 17th-19th Centuries. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2013, vol.34, n.136, pp.147-185. ISSN 2448-7554.
The central objective of this essay is to analyze a series of struggles and agreements over the use, control and access to water that emerged between regional elites and Indian towns (pueblos de indios) in the jurisdictions of Tetepango, Ixmiquilpan and Tula in the 17th-19th centuries; processes clearly rooted in the new economic conformation. Between the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the regional economy shifted towards the cultivation of grains, though it did not completely abandon livestock-raising for mule-trains and slaughter. In this context, regional elites invested large amounts of capital to construct the hydraulic infrastructure required to irrigate wheat fields. However, as time immemorial the pueblos de indios had controlled a large part of the hydric resources available, confrontation was inevitable.
Keywords : Hidalgo State; hydraulic infrastructure; Viceroyalty; Tula River.