Meeting with Resistance
Early Spanish Encounters in the Americas, 1492–1524
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7768086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elsa M Redmond (American Museum of Natural History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 671-695 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnohistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00141801-3633264 |
| OpenAlex | W2529065958 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
This examination of the earliest Spanish-Amerindian encounters on Hispaniola and in Tierra Firme adopts a historical perspective on indigenous warfare. A chronological timeline monitors the recorded encounters and hostilities between the native Amerindian societies and the Spaniards from Columbus’s 1492 voyage until the destruction of the first permanent Spanish settlement of Santa María de la Antigua del Darién in 1524. The timeline evaluates the proposition that Amerindian societies intensified their warfare practices in response to European incursions. The available information about the size, composition, preparedness, and organization of the native forces is juxtaposed against that of the Spanish forces. The warfare strategies and tactics are examined, both offensive and defensive measures, as well as the actions of the opposing forces in the aftermath of a confrontation. The findings do not support the proposition that Amerindian warfare practices changed significantly in the face of European incursions. The study concludes with a consideration of the unexpected innovations and consequences of the military encounters between late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Europeans and Amerindian chiefdoms
Ancient history · Archaeology · Chiefdom · Ethnology · Fifteenth · Genealogy · Human settlement · Indigenous · Offensive · Operations research · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Settlement (finance) · Timeline · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Latin American history and culture · Law
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |