An Examination of Capitalism on Nineteenth-Century Haciendas in Yucatán, Mexico,
Creators: name: Schmidt, Erin R.
Publisher: name: New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Yucatan, Mexico
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subject: Historic Period 1545 - 2000
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subject: Historic Native American
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subject: Spanish
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subject: Maya
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subject: Historic
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subject: Xcalacoop
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subject: Ebtun, Cuncunul, Kaua, Tekom, Tixcacalcupul, Yucatan
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subject: Water-Related
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subject: Cemetery
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subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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subject: Historic Structure
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subject: Agricultural or Herding
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subject: Agricultural Field or Field Feature
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subject: Ossuary
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subject: Canal or Canal Feature
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subject: Corral
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subject: Water Control Feature
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subject: Historic Church / Religious Structure
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subject: Historic Communal / Public Structure
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subject: Hamlet / Village
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subject: Town / City
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subject: Historic Governmental Structure
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subject: Hacienda
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subject: Cenote
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subject: noria (waterwheel)
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subject: Apiary
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subject: Road
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subject: Plaza
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subject: Trail
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subject: Soil Samples
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Glass
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Building Materials
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subject: Metal
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subject: Landscape
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subject: colonial and postcolonial transformations
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subject: 'Historical Archaeology'
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subject: Yucatan, Mexico
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subject: Archaeological site survey and testing
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subject: Ethnohistory
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subject: Ethnographic Research
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subject: Ethnohistoric Research
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subject: Historic Background Research
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
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subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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description: This paper presents archaeological and historical evidence of the changing roles of haciendas in 
the Mexican economy during the nineteenth century in Yucatán. Specifically, this paper looks at how 
haciendas changed before and just after the Caste War of Yucatán through the examination of 
hacienda site structures, population data, and material culture comparisons. Haciendas are 
agricultural estates that are maintained by a wealthy land-owner and a lower-class labor force to 
supply small- scale markets with goods and enhance the prestige and status of the owner. The spread 
of haciendas across Yucatán was a process related to changes brought on by shifts in capitalist 
relations among owners and workers that occurred during the Industrial Revolution. I compare the 
variation in the architecture of the haciendas before and after the Caste War (1847), in the areas 
around Yaxcabá, Valladolid, and Campeche. Architectural variation and material culture comparisons 
reveal new details about labor organization and production during the volatile nineteenth century. 
As knowledge regarding haciendas increases, new questions arise about their
structure and functions across time and space.