Mitma

The term Mitma (from Quechua ) describes the Inca resettlement policy in newly conquered areas.

Entire ethnic groups were affected, some of whom were resettled to regions that were far away and where culturally different peoples lived. The goal was the settlement of loyal Inca subjects in all parts of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu) , with which the danger of uprisings should be contained.

The resettlers were called mitmaq ("newcomer", "outsider"), in Hispanic form mitmac, mitimac, mitima or mitimaes (plural, Quechua mitmaqkuna ).

Examples of descendants of Mitmaq are the Saraguros in the Ecuadorian canton of Saraguro , whose ancestors came from today's Bolivia , and the Quechua groups in the Peruvian department of Lambayeque ( Inkawasi-Kañaris ), who are descended from Kañari in today's Ecuadorian province of Cañar .

The content of the system of tribute payments by labor ( Mita ) must be separated from the resettlement policy .

literature

Hanns J. Prem : Mitmac . In: Ders .: History of Old America (Oldenbourg Grundriß der Geschichte; Vol. 23). Oldenbourg, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-486-53031-3 , p. 82.

Individual evidence

↑ Lilyan Benítez, Alicia Garcés: Mitmacuna . In: Diess .: Culturas ecuatorianas. Ayer y hoy . Editorial Abya Yala, Quito 1986, p. 122.
↑ Kendall A. King: The origins of Saraguros . In: Ders: Language revitalization processes and prospects. Quichua in the Ecuadorian Andes . Multilingual Matters, Cirvedon 2001, ISBN 1-85359-495-4 , p. 48 (also dissertation, University of Philadelphia, PA).

[1] Lilyan Benítez, Alicia Garcés: Mitmacuna . In: Diess .: Culturas ecuatorianas. Ayer y hoy . Editorial Abya Yala, Quito 1986, p. 122.

[2] Kendall A. King: The origins of Saraguros . In: Ders: Language revitalization processes and prospects. Quichua in the Ecuadorian Andes . Multilingual Matters, Cirvedon 2001, ISBN 1-85359-495-4 , p. 48 (also dissertation, University of Philadelphia, PA).