Abstract

VALADEZ VAZQUEZ, Ricardo  and  CASTANEDA DE LA PAZ, María. In defence of the seignorial lands. The case of the Indians of Tultepec (Cuauhtitlan) from a map of Hispanic-Indian tradition. An. antropol. [online]. 2019, vol.53, n.2, pp.67-81.  Epub Nov 30, 2019. ISSN 2448-6221.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.24486221e.2019.2.67139.

At the end of the sixteenth century, several Spaniards made requests for grants to the viceroy Velasco for some portion of land. Juan del Castillo made an application for 4 caballerias of land, 3 of them on the slopes of Cerro Tultepec. The objetive of this article is to analyze a lawsuit betweem the Indians of Tultepec and Juan del Castillo. As a result of this request, a map was painted, which is analyzed here. The intention is to relate this map with the current landscape, to understand the changes and permanence of a landscape rich in natural resources

Keywords : Cuauhtitlan; Tultepec; cartography; land and Colonial period.