Abstract

VANEGAS DURAN, CLAUDIA MARCELA. Indian Villages and the Supply of Firewood in Tunja and Santafé, during 16^th and 17^th Centuries. Front. hist. [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.2, pp.92-122. ISSN 2027-4688.

The forced labor imposed to the Indian villages of Santafé and Tunja in order to supply firewood during the 16^th and 17^th centuries, has not been studying in Colombian historiography. Concomitant with the mobilization of coerced labor (alquiler general, concierto, mita), colonial authorities imposed the obligation of collect certain amount of wood that was used in daily necessities (like cooking and home heating) in the New Kingdom of Granada. This article describes the organization of indigenous labors, in order to supply the wood necessities, the difficulties that this imposition represented, and the effects in everyday activities that the wood mita had upon indigenous communities.

Keywords : Indian villages; mita; New Kingdom of Granada; Santafé; Tunja; firewood supply.

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