Mascota is a town and municipality in Jalisco , in central-western Mexico . The municipality covers an area of 1,843 km. The name Mascota comes from the root "Amaxacotlán", which means "place of deer and colubrids ".
7-431: The municipality has smaller villages such as Tecuani and La Plata, both a couple miles away. Mascota is surrounded by roads and pine-covered mountains and is a usual stop on the road to Talpa De Allende or Puerto Vallarta. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,045. In prehispanic times, Mascota was the head of a cacicazgo , which ruled over the populations of Talpa , El Tuito and Chacala . In 1525,
14-430: A cacicazgo estate, which always included land and often a subject labor force to work it. The Indians themselves, however, saw things differently, and by late colonial times it was not unusual for all the sons and daughters of a cacique (or cacica) to adopt the title. How and why this change took place, its chronology, and what it meant for local community organization remain imperfectly understood...The late colonial setting
21-626: The Spanish explorer Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura arrived to Mascota, who was commanded by Hernán Cortés to conquer the provinces north of Colima , which was subsequently renamed to "Valle de Banderas". 10 years after, in 1535, a rebellion of indigenous people was held in Mascota, along with other villages nearby. After the time of the Mexican Independence , in 1824, the Department of Mascota
28-568: The model of Spanish entailed estates, or mayorazgos . This term is found in contexts such as " la princesa de Cofachiqui , señora de un cacigazgo indígena " or, for example: "In November of 1493, the island of Boriquén had approximately 20 cacigazgos." According to Spanish chronicles, the cacique was at the apex of the Taíno feudal structure. Bartolomé de las Casas refers to these cacigazgos as kingdoms. Many individual cacicazgos have been studied in colonial Mexico , showing that entailment
35-475: The nineteenth century. Conflicts over inheritance were common, and the litigants' arguments found in these cases form the basis for understanding some of the dynamics of the institution. Over time, the concept of cacique shifted, with some women attaining the title of cacica . Cacicazgo likewise underwent some transformation during the colonial era in Mexico. "By law, a cacique was a single heir and possessor of
42-487: Was a successful means to preserve noble indigenous resources as the situation for commoners declined. There are cases where Spaniards married into cacique families, thereby giving them access to indigenous resources. In the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico , a whole section of records, called Vínculos , is devoted to individual noble entailments. A collection of them was published in 1961. Cacicazgos survived into
49-626: Was created and the town of Mascota was declared Villa de Mascota . On 10 April 1885, Villa de Mascota received the title of city. In 2015, the city of Mascota was declared a " Pueblo Mágico ". Cacicazgo Cacicazgo is a phonetic Spanish transliteration (or a derivative) of the Taíno word for the lands ruled by a cacique . The Spanish colonial system recognized indigenous elites as nobles in Mexico and Peru , and other areas. Nobles could entail their estates, which were called cacicazgos on
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