Colonial Carpenters: Construction, Race, and Agency in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th Centuries

This article examines colonial documents to shed light on the presence of non-white carpenters in the carpentry trade during the first two centuries of Spanish colonial rule in Peru. It first offers a general definition of carpentry work during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and then explor...

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Main Author: Francisco Mamani Fuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Arts
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/5/218