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Spanish-Guarani Relations in Early Colonial Paraguay

Elman R. Service
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In this volume, Elman R. Service describes the Guarani culture at the time of Spanish colonization in Paraguay and explores the reasons why the encomienda system resulted in the rapid acculturation of the Guarani in this region.
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. The Aboriginal and Historical Background
    • The Aboriginal Culture of the Guarani Indians
    • Historical Sketch of Spanish Colonization in Paraguay from 1537 to 1620
  • II. The Exploratory Phase: Spanish-Guarani Relations from 1537 to 1556
  • III. The Transitional Phase
    • Irala's Grants of Encomiendas in 1556
    • The Founding of New Towns
    • The Role of Mestizos
  • IV. The Colonial Phase: The Originario Encomienda
  • V. The Colonial Phase: The Mitayo Encomienda
    • The Size of Mitayo Encomiendas
    • Village Organization
    • Labor and Subsistence
    • Religious Instruction
  • VI. Conclusions
  • Selected Bibliography
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Published: 1954
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-949098-34-1 (paper)
  • 978-1-951519-58-2 (ebook)
Series
  • Anthropological Papers Series
Subject
  • Latin American Studies
  • Archaeology:New World
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