THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS OF THE CASTE WAR ON COMMUNITIES IN THE VALLADOLID REGION OF YUCATÁN, MEXICO

Author(s): Joshua D. Patterson

Year: 2013

Summary

The purpose of this research is to identify the impacts of the Caste War of

Yucatán on the communities within my study area located southwest of Valladolid,

Mexico. In particular, the study area consists of Cuncunul, Ebtun, Kaua, Tekom,

Tixcacalcupul, and the secondary settlements that are associated with these five main

communities. The goal is to demonstrate that this conflict severely affected the social

functioning of these settlements. This has been accomplished by performing a

statistical analysis and GIS visualization of the census data from these communities

for 1841, 1883, and 1890. An examination of these results demonstrates that the

communities experienced substantial population losses following the outbreak of the

war, and that the post-outbreak demographics for the populations had been

significantly altered. However, the ethnic animosities and distrust perpetuated by the

violence of the Caste War do not appear to have influenced the resettling of the

communities following the height of the conflict.

Cite this Record

THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS OF THE CASTE WAR ON COMMUNITIES IN THE VALLADOLID REGION OF YUCATÁN, MEXICO. Joshua D. Patterson. Masters Thesis. New Mexico State University (NMSU), Anthropology. 2013 ( tDAR id: 505521) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8505521

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Historic Native American • Maya • Spanish

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Ground Stone • Metal • Soil Samples

Site Name
Ebtun, Cuncunul, Kaua, Tekom, Tixcacalcupul, Yucatan • Xcalacoop

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Apiary • Canal or Canal Feature • Cemetery • Cenote • Corral • Hacienda • Hamlet / Village • Historic Church / Religious Structure • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Historic Governmental Structure • Historic Structure • noria (waterwheel) • Ossuary • Plaza • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road • Town / City • Trail • Water Control Feature • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnographic Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
'Historical Archaeology' • Archaeological site survey and testing • colonial and postcolonial transformations • Ethnohistory • Landscape • Yucatan, Mexico

Geographic Keywords
Yucatan, Mexico

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period 1545 - 2000

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1545 to 2024

Spatial Coverage

min long: -88.532; min lat: 20.532 ; max long: -88.167; max lat: 20.724 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Principal Investigator(s): Rani T Alexander

Record Identifiers

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Soil Permit, 2012(s): P330-12-00183

NMSU Institutional Review Board, Human Subjects Research, 2012(s): 7512 (Expedited)

Consejo de Arqueologia, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)(s): Oficio Num. C.A. 401-36/1479

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