The presence and decline of the Tupi chiefdoms of the Upper Amazon basin in the 16th and 17th centuries

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  • Jaime Regan Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Presidente del Consejo Editorial del CAAAP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52980/revistaamazonaperuana.vi31.49

Keywords:

Chronicles, Omaguas, Cocamas, Mainas, Amazonia

Abstract

This study is a comparative reading of 16th- and 17th-century chronicles concerning the Omaguas, Cocamas, Mainas, and Cipitaconas in Peru. It glimpses large populations of thousands of people with a management of floodplain technology regarding agriculture, fishing, the hunting of aquatic animals, and abundant food with storage techniques. They were structured in chiefdoms that organized long-distance trade and warfare, and were governed by highly respected hereditary leaders. With the arrival of European epidemic and pandemic diseases and slavery, all of this began to collapse.

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2008-12-14

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The presence and decline of the Tupi chiefdoms of the Upper Amazon basin in the 16th and 17th centuries. (2008). Peruvian Amazon, 31, 59-102. https://doi.org/10.52980/revistaamazonaperuana.vi31.49

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