A preliminary version of this article bearing the same title appeared in Denevan, 1986. María A. Benavides has a B.A. in history from Washington University in St. Louis (1980) and a M.A. in Latin American Studies (anthropology and history) from the University of Texas–Austin (1983). In 1984 and 1985 she was in charge of ethnohistorical research for the Project for the Study of Terrace Abandonment in the Colca Valley, Peru, directed by Professor William M. Denevan of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. At present she continues to research Andean history and ethnology. Her present address is: Av. José Pardo 239/13, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru.
* A preliminary version of this article bearing the same title appeared in Denevan, 1986. María A. Benavides has a B.A. in history from Washington University in St. Louis (1980) and a M.A. in Latin American Studies (anthropology and history) from the University of Texas–Austin (1983). In 1984 and 1985 she was in charge of ethnohistorical research for the Project for the Study of Terrace Abandonment in the Colca Valley, Peru, directed by Professor William M. Denevan of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. At present she continues to research Andean history and ethnology. Her present address is: Av. José Pardo 239/13, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru.