Abstract

BELLO NUNEZ, Silvia Lorena. The Haciendas in the North of the Mezquital Valley and their Link to the Real de Minas de Zimapan in the Novohispanic Period. Revista Col. San Luis [online]. 2022, vol.12, n.23, 00027.  Epub May 27, 2024. ISSN 2007-8846.  https://doi.org/10.21696/rcsl122320221423.

The objective of this article is to show the economic link established by the haciendas in the north of the Mezquital Valley with the real de minas de Zimapan during the viceroyalty, with the intention of making visible the role of these productive units in the extraction of novohispanic silver. The data were mainly constructed from the systematization of secondary sources and printed documents of the time, and to a lesser extent archival documents, historical cartography and field work; which were analyzed from their spatial dimension through Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The results allow to recognize that the haciendas helped to maintain the silver production dynamics of Zimapan by providing the mining center with the necessary inputs for this activity, as well as the economic and social integration of the Mezquital. Likewise, the wealthy miners formed a regional elite by land grabbing, hoarding natural resources and local workforce to lower their production costs; in addition, they builded an important road network to speed up the flow of goods.

Keywords : haciendas; mining; novohispanic silver; Mezquital Valley; New Spain.

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