Formation of the Miraflores Hacienda: Lands, Indians, and Livestock in Eastern New Spain at the End of the Sixteenth Century

Abstract

Although the literature on Mexican haciendas is abundant, those properties formed in the tropical lowlands are poorly known. Based on late 16th century archival information, this case study examines the origin and growth of large estates in the tropical piedmont of the Mexico's Gulf Coastal Plain, in the Huasteca. The paper outlines the context for estate formation; next, it describes the details of the Miraflores Hacienda formation (land grants, sales, transfers, auctions, 'squatting' and usurpation), including four sketch maps; finally, the case material is applied to propose an explanatory model for the productive, agrarian, environmental and semantic transformations of the large estates. Aunque la literatura sobre las haciendas mexicanas es abundante, aqu�llas formadas en el tr�pico son poco conocidas. Basado en informaci�n de archivo, este estudio de caso examina el origen y consolidaci�n de las haciendas en la Huasteca. El art�culo esboza el contexto que permiti� la formaci�n de haciendas; enseguida, describe los detalles de la formaci�n de la Hacienda de Miraflores en el siglo XVI (dotaciones de tierras, ventas, transferencias, remates, paracaidismo y usurpaci�n), incluyendo cuatro mapas de croquis; finalmente, el material de caso es utilizado para proponer un modelo para explicar las transformaciones productivas, agrarias, ambientales y sem�nticas que sufrieron las haciendas.

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