Situating the Andean Colonial Experience: Ayllu Tales of History and Hagiography in the Time of the Spanish

Front Cover -- Half-title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Illustration -- Note About The Spelling Of Toponyms And Proper Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Oral History Of Qaqachaka -- Chapter 1. Genesis In Qaqachaka -- The Chullpas And The Lord Of The Clouds -- Adam And Eve -- The Red-trousered Ant -- The Ascension To Heaven -- The Red-trousered Ant Against The Colonial State -- Ritual Practices That Allude To Ants -- The Red Place Of Birth -- Chapter 2. The First Ancestors Of The Place The Arrival Of The Inkas -- The Original Place Called Qaqachika And Its Mountains -- The First Cycle Of Tales: In Which The Place Of Qaqachika Is Formed In A Sunless Twilight -- The Second Cycle Of Tales, Concerned With The Religious And Political Mit'a -- Various Ancestors, Various Origins -- Qaqachaka Is Born From Money, For A Pot Of Gold And Silver -- Chapter 3. The Mit'a, The Mines, And Slavery -- The Vicuña With A Broken Leg -- Working As Mitayos -- The Route To The Red Mountain Of Potosí -- Mitayos And Llamas -- The Libations On The Journey -- A Commentary On Mit'a And Mita Chapter 4. A Gentleman's Agreement Between Literate Caciques -- Ayra Chinche And The Red Snake -- The Leg In The Stirrup -- The Local Caciques Become Boundary Makers -- The Meeting In Darkness Between Ayra Chinche And Juana Doña Ana -- Juana Doña Ana Meets The Seven Ancestors And Then The Sun Is Born -- The Role Of Juana Doña Ana In The Rites Of Possession Of Qaqachaka -- Some Key Documents Held By The Title-bearers -- Chapter 5. Settling The New Place Of Qaqachaka And Its Ayllus -- How The New Place Was Populated -- The Sons-in-law Who Married Into Women From Qaqachaka Etymologies Of The Names Of Qaqachaka's Minor Ayllus -- New Ties To The Valley Lands -- Chapter 6. Some Clarifications About Juana Doña Ana And Her Kinsfolk -- Juana Doña Ana And Her Predisposition For Scandalous Entanglements -- Inka Mariya And The Red Snake -- Juana Doña Ana Snatches The Title Deeds From An Unknown Man -- The First Caciques Of The Place, According To Doña Bernaldita Quispe -- Inka Mariya Kicks Away The Thermal Waters -- The Two Sisters And The Tan Señora Of Notes Of Money -- The Chullpa Sister And The Death Of The Chullpas -- The Birth Of The Sun And The Origins Of Weaving Part Ii. The Colonial Caciques In Oral And Written History -- Chapter 7. The Caciques Of Qharaqhara And Quillacas-asanaque -- The Caciques Of The Qharaqhara Federation -- Who Was Ayra Chinche? -- The Deeds Of Don Ayra Chinche -- Interlude: The Andean Rules Of Succession -- The Caciques Of The Quillacas-asanaque Federation -- Who Was Takimallku Astiti And, Besides, The Choquecallatis? -- The Deeds Of Taqimallku Astiti -- Takimallku Astiti And The Composición De Tierras By José De La Vega Alvarado -- Who Was Bartolomé Astete? -- Who Was The Ancestor Llanquepacha? -- The Deeds Of The Llanquepachas By Denise Y. Arnold. The Llanquepacha Cousins And The Rebellion Of Condo In 1774. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.