Resumen

RAMIREZ CALVA, Verenice Cipatli. Irrigation Systems in Ixmiquilpan, Tetepango and Tula, 17^th-19^th 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 17^th-19^th 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.

Palabras llave : Hidalgo State; hydraulic infrastructure; Viceroyalty; Tula River.