... viticulture industry by using archaeological evidence to buttress the historical and anthropological content of the study. The final part is a synthesis of the long, exhaustive field research and theoretical readings Rice conducted for over two decades to produce this study. A reader may quibble...

... persons are named in 1577 and forty-five­ are identified in 1580. A majority are men, with five bearing the Christian title don. Most are raising ten to fifty grape-bearing­ vines, but eight show holdings of one hundred or more. Far fewer women are engaged in viticulture, and among...

... machinations surrounding this civic project reveal much about local politics in a rustic frontier region. Spanish efforts to establish new colonial enterprises—sugar plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... machinations surrounding this civic project reveal much about local politics in a rustic frontier region. Spanish efforts to establish new colonial enterprises—sugar plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... machinations surrounding this civic project reveal much about local politics in a rustic frontier region. Spanish efforts to establish new colonial enterprises—sugar plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...

... plantations, mining operations, food-producing hacien- das, ranches, and viticulture—also demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the settlers. Although Spaniards continued to fight Amerindian raiders from the tropical lowlands, they brutally exploited local indigenous laborers, assign- ing them...