Los mapuche de Concepción y la frontera inca: revisión de fuentes tempranas y nuevos datos
Los mapuche de Concepción y la frontera inca: revisión de fuentes tempranas y nuevos datos
Authors
Zavala Cepeda, José
Dillehay, Tom D.
Stewart, Daniel M.
Payàs Puigarnau, Gertrudis
Medianero Soto, Francisco
Dillehay, Tom D.
Stewart, Daniel M.
Payàs Puigarnau, Gertrudis
Medianero Soto, Francisco
Authors
Date
2021
Datos de publicación:
Revista de historia, Vol. 28, N° 2, 138-168, 2021
Keywords
Economía aurífera - Lavaderos de oro - Fronteras incas - Mapuche siglo XVI - Tawantinsuyu - Quilacoya
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Abstract
A partir de la revisión de fuentes coloniales escritas e iconográficas, de estudios arqueológicos y de la toponimia, se analiza la validez de la hipótesis de la presencia inca hasta el río Biobío. Para ello, se presentan una serie de evidencias de diverso origen, que permiten entender mejor la compleja realidad sociocultural de los habitantes de lo que los españoles denominaron “Provincia de Concepción” o Penco, cuando se establecieron allí a mediados del siglo XVI impulsados por la búsqueda de oro y mano de obra indígena. En ese sentido, la temprana explotación hispana de lavaderos de oro en la zona, particularmente en Quilacoya, inducen a buscar los antecedentes prehispánicos de esta minería que, de haber existido, solo puede entenderse en el marco de la expansión del Tawantinsuyu.
Based on the review of written and iconographic colonial sources, archaeological studies, and toponymy, in this article we analyze the validity of the hypothesis of the Inca presence down to the Biobío River. To achieve this, we present a series of databases of diverse origin that allow us to better understand the complex sociocultural reality of the indigenous peoples of what the Spanish called the “province of Concepción” or Penco. The Spanish settled this region in the mid-sixteenth century in search of gold and indigenous labor. In this sense, the early Hispanic exploitation of gold placers in the area, particularly in Quilacoya, leads us to investigate the antecedents of gold mining in the region, and whether it might have existed in late pre-Hispanic times, within the framework of the expansion of Tawantinsuyu.
Based on the review of written and iconographic colonial sources, archaeological studies, and toponymy, in this article we analyze the validity of the hypothesis of the Inca presence down to the Biobío River. To achieve this, we present a series of databases of diverse origin that allow us to better understand the complex sociocultural reality of the indigenous peoples of what the Spanish called the “province of Concepción” or Penco. The Spanish settled this region in the mid-sixteenth century in search of gold and indigenous labor. In this sense, the early Hispanic exploitation of gold placers in the area, particularly in Quilacoya, leads us to investigate the antecedents of gold mining in the region, and whether it might have existed in late pre-Hispanic times, within the framework of the expansion of Tawantinsuyu.