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Mesoamerican Philology as an Interdisciplinary Study: The Chochon (Xru Ngiwa) "Barrios" of Tamazulapan (Oaxaca, Mexico)
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Ethnohistory, 2011-10, Vol.58 (4), p.613-652
Ort / Verlag
Durham: Duke University Press, NC & IL
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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This article is a diachronic investigation of a form of social organization of the Chochon (Xru Ngiwa, Chocholtec), a Mesoamerican people. Specifically, it is a philological examination of one form of a customary community subdivision, usually called sindi in Chochon and barrio in colonial Spanish. Thanks to the discovery of a remarkable set of colonial writings in the Chochon language from Tamazulapan (Oaxaca, Mexico)--complemented by secondary documentation, interviews with elders, and toponymy--it has been possible to trace the sindi from precolonial times to the twentieth century. The findings reveal multiple adaptive strategies used by the sindi across the centuries even within a relatively compact area. This article also illustrates a methodological approach in which a broad philological perspective opens the door to additional, interdisciplinary types of contextualizing data that can enrich our readings of the textual documentation. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]