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Sociopolitical Aspects of Canal Irrigation in the Valley of Oaxaca

Susan H. Lees
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In order to study canal irrigation in the Valley of Oaxaca, archaeologist Susan H. Lees visited more than 20 villages in the region. She interviewed residents and photographed local water systems. In this volume, Lees analyzes the relationship between water control and local and state government; compares Oaxacan irrigation with that in other regions; and assesses the role of organized labor in the establishment and maintenance of an irrigation system.
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Maps
  • Figures
  • Plates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
    • Area of Investigation
    • Method of Investigation
  • I. Community Organization
    • Introduction
    • The Village
      • Historical Background
      • The Civil-Religious Hierarchy and the Cargo System
      • Economic Organization: Land and Wealth
      • Economic Organization: Exchange and Cooperation
      • Economic Organization: Community Cooperation
    • The Village and the State
      • Political Units
      • Village Government
      • The Village and the State
  • II. Problems of Water Control and Their Solutions
    • Introduction: Problems
      • Construction
      • Maintenance
      • Allocation
    • Conflict over Water
    • Change
  • III. Political Control and Access to Water
    • Introduction
    • Tlalixtac de Cabrera
    • San Juan del Estado
    • San Agustin Etla
    • Summary and Conclusions
  • IV. The Roles of the Village and the State in Water Control
    • Introduction
    • Intra-Village and Inter-Village Water Control
    • The Village and the State
    • Change in Water Control Organization and the State
    • Summary and Conclusions
  • V. The Role of Water Control in Oaxaca's History
    • Introduction
    • Origins
    • Post-Classic History
    • Colonial Period
    • Post-Colonial, Pre-Revolutionary History
    • Since the Revolution
    • Summary and Conclusions
  • VI. Oaxacan Irrigation Compared with Other Reigions
    • Introduction
    • Social Change
    • Variation According to Resource Type
    • Cooperative Labor
    • Water Distribution
    • Disputes
    • Village-State Relations and Water Control
    • Summary and Conclusions
  • VII. General Conclusions
    • Oaxaca as a Case Study
      • Environment
      • Technology
      • Allocation
      • Social Change, the State, and Water Control
    • Mass Labor and Allocation in Oaxaca
      • Mass Labor
      • Allocation
    • Environment, Technology, Adaptation, and Evolution
      • Variation in Response and the Nature of the Resource
      • Environment and Technology
    • The Origins of Statehood
  • Resumen en Espanol
  • References
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Published: 1973
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-949098-45-7 (paper)
  • 978-1-951538-18-7 (ebook)
Series
  • Memoirs
Subject
  • Latin American Studies
  • Archaeology:New World
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