Handbook of Middle American Indians: Ethnology, E. Z. Vogt, vol. editorRobert Wauchope University of Texas Press, 1969 - Indians of Central America |
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Page 591
... land in the community was held under communal title and in addition to the lands for family use there were the commons ( ejidos ) and propios , land worked in common or rented out , the produce of which entered the town's treasury ...
... land in the community was held under communal title and in addition to the lands for family use there were the commons ( ejidos ) and propios , land worked in common or rented out , the produce of which entered the town's treasury ...
Page 622
... land devoted exclusively to the support of the church . Communal lands owned by the municipio may be cultivated by any resident of the villages in the municipio . The land used by each village has clearly recognized boun- daries ...
... land devoted exclusively to the support of the church . Communal lands owned by the municipio may be cultivated by any resident of the villages in the municipio . The land used by each village has clearly recognized boun- daries ...
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Robert Wauchope. Inheritance of land is expectably patri- lineal , with inheritance by daughters when expedient or necessary . The result is a nor- mal patrilaterally extended family occupy- ing a neighborhood , but in recent years the land ...
Robert Wauchope. Inheritance of land is expectably patri- lineal , with inheritance by daughters when expedient or necessary . The result is a nor- mal patrilaterally extended family occupy- ing a neighborhood , but in recent years the land ...
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