Desde la Plaza a los Barrios. Pinceladas étnicas tras las casas y las cosas. Españoles e indios en la ciudad de La Plata, Charcas 1540-162

• Published in: Nuevo mundo, mundos nuevos no. 10
• Main Author: Presta, Ana María
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; French
• Published: Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales 2010; Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
• Subjects: bienes; Charcas (Audience of); Charcas (Audiencia de); cultura material; goods; identidades; identity; La Plata; material culture; practices; prácticas; representaciones; representations

Both historiography and historians do not agree upon the date of foundation of the first Spanish city in the Southern Andes. Leaving this issue behind, Villa de Plata was populated by a dense peninsular population among which were the encomendero families, merchants, miners, bureaucrats, artisans, a...