Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

American social systems and their mutual similarity

1965; Brill; Volume: 121; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1163/22134379-90002971

ISSN

2213-4379

Autores

R. T. Zuidema,

Tópico(s)

Latin American history and culture

Resumo

Collar, that group.And the third is that the entire non-related world outside is called Cayao.On these three relationships: Collana towards the world outside, Collana to Payan, and Collana -f-Payan towards the world outside, the Incas built the whole organization of their Empire.By using as an example the present-day Indians, we can see how this system operates in practice.In the small village of Puquio in South Peru, there are three strata: the whites, designated as Collana, constitute the core of the village and, in the village, they occupy the place of the former Inca overlords.Next to them are the mestizos, the people of mixed blood, Payan.Finally, there are the Indians, Cayao.Alongside this organization there is yet another which, to the first conception of the relationship between Collana, Payan and Cayao, adds a second, namely, the division of the village into four ayllu, four local groups, each having its own territory, each being to a great extent endogamous, and each having its own social organization and autonomous political organization.The first ayllu is called Collana, because there the whites are the best represented; the second, Payan, contains the majority of the mestizos; while in the third, Cayao, and, lastly, in the fourth, which has a different name in each village, most of the Indians are found.Collana and Payan form one moiety, the upper moiety; Cayao and the fourth ayllu form another, the lower moiety.Thus, as with the strata within each ayllu, there exists a relationship between the ayllu, and the ayllu together also form an organization.The question now is: why should this organization be formed with four ayllu and not, for instance, with three, if it was to comprise Collana, Payan and Cayao ?The answer is connected with a third conception ( ? he ar 5™ **?» f ™ m * e r class of the father towards which is given expression by this type of that of his son)

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