Space-Time Perspectives on Early Colonial Moquegua

Glossary

321 Glossary Ay, Aymara; Sp, Spanish; Q, Quechua adobon (Sp) Large rectangular block of tamped earth, formed in a mold, for construction of buildings and walls (sometimes called tapia) apu (Q) Mountain, particularly a sacred mountain aqlla (Q) Chosen woman aqllawasi (Q) Dedicated residential compound for aqllas aríbalo (Sp) Decorated Inka jar with a tall, flaring neck; aryballus, urpu arroba (Sp) Twenty-five pounds dry weight; 2.6 gallons of wine audiencia (Sp) Supreme court jurisdiction in the Spanish colonies ayllu (Q) Kin-based residential and landholding collective azulejo (Sp) Glazed decorative architectural tile batan (Q) Large grinding stone with a smooth, often dished upper surface bodega (Sp) Winery; site where wine is fermented and stored; a room of tinajas for such storage botija (Sp) Wheel-made, amphora-like jar, sometimes glazed, used for storage and transport botijería (Sp) Workshop where botijas and other earthenware pottery were made calicanto (Sp) Masonry, usually denoting dressed construction stone cántaro (Sp) Water jar, usually with a flaring neck cavetto (Sp) Out-curved area between the base and rim of a plate or bowl cédula (Sp) Official order, edict, decree GLOSSARY 322 ceque (Q) Imaginary lines for ritual processions over the landscape of the Cusco valley. chicha Andean beer, usually made from maize (corn) or molle berries chúa (Ay) Small, individual pottery serving dish chullpa (Q) Stone burial towers; aboveground tombs cofradía (Sp) Religious brotherhood, confraternity compañía (Sp) Business partnership congregación (Sp) Site of forced resettlement of indigenous populations conopa (Q) Small carved stone figures of animals used in Inka offerings; amulet corregimiento (Sp) Provincial administrative district in the colonies criollo (Sp) Born or originating in the colonies; creole cuartillo (Sp) Liquid measure of approximately one pint cuerda seca (Sp) Lit. “dry cord”; a type of decoration on tiles or pottery featuring glazed areas outlined or separated by unglazed lines created by painting with grease or wax, which melts during firing encomendero (Sp) Owner of an encomienda encomienda (Sp) Grant of native laborers to early Spanish conquerors falca (Sp) Pot-still frondosidad (Sp) Painted vegetal decoration on tin-enameled ware, featuring fronds, leaves, flowers, and tendrils gremio (Sp) Guild hanan (Q) Upper or higher ranked, as in moiety organization hechiceria (Sp) Sorcery; witchcraft heredad (Sp) Small, rural hacienda-like estate hispano-moresque Pertaining to Ibero-Islamic origins, especially pottery wares, types, and decoration hurin (Q) Lower ranked, as in moiety organization inaa Instrumental neutron activation analysis kallanka (Q) Multi-door great hall kancha (Q) Walled residential compound at Inka sites kero (Q) Andean beaker-like drinking vessel of wood, pottery, or metal khipu (Q) Knotted cords used to record economic and other information; quipu GLOSSARY 323 koli Lively, sociable personality; language spoken in southwestern coastal Peru (capped) kuraka (Q) Non-Inka indigenous leader; cacique lagar (Sp) Tank-like facility for crushing grapes to yield juice limpieza de sangre (Sp) “Purity of blood”; absence of Muslim or Jewish biological heritage loza (Sp) Pottery for table service, of various grades (e.g., fina, común) majolica (Sp), maiólica (It) Tin-enameled fine earthenware pottery produced in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy melado (Sp) Honey-colored glaze on pottery mitmaq (Q) Worker moved from home community under Inka rule moiety One of two ranked divisions of a community based on descent mojon (Sp) Boundary marker molle (Sp) Andean tree with peppery red berries (Schinus molle; peppertree) morado (Sp) Manganese-based purplish-brownish-black pigment used in tinenameled pottery decoration; see verde y morado morisco (Sp) Muslim newly converted to Christianity mosto (Sp) Must; unfermented grape juice; caldo mozo (Sp) Junior, the younger mudéjar (Sp) Islamic-style art and artisan in Christian kingdoms olla (Sp) Ceramic cooking pot parcialidad (Sp) Moiety patronato real (Sp) Royal patronage; rights and obligations granted by the Catholic Church to the Spanish crown to carry out many religious duties peninsular (Sp) Person in the colonies who was born in Spain picota (Sp) Pillory pirca (Sp) Construction of fieldstone pisco (Sp) Grape brandy pukara (Q) Hilltop fortification qollqa (Q) Aboveground storage structures, primarily constructed of stone quebrada (Sp) Lit. “broken”; a mountain gorge or valley quincha (Q) Cane, or cane and clay, used in construction GLOSSARY 324 reconquista (Sp) “Reconquest”; the Christian campaign, 718–1492, to take back the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule reducción (Sp) Colonial policy forcing resettlement of indigenous populations (congregación) requerimento (Sp) “Requirement”; a legal document...