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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  little 
  concrete 
  information 
  available 
  on 
  amounts 
  of 
  land 
  

   owned 
  or 
  utilized 
  by 
  present-day 
  Aymara 
  biological 
  families. 
  In 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Chucuito 
  (Perti), 
  a 
  typical 
  "wealthy" 
  Aymara 
  who 
  supports 
  

   a 
  wife 
  and 
  one 
  child 
  owns 
  0.75 
  acre 
  of 
  good 
  land, 
  1.45 
  acres 
  of 
  medium 
  

   land, 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  receives 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  0.75 
  acre 
  of 
  good 
  land 
  which 
  is 
  

   owned 
  by 
  his 
  Mestizo 
  landlord. 
  A 
  typical 
  Aymara 
  of 
  medium 
  cir- 
  

   cumstances 
  who 
  supports 
  a 
  wife 
  and 
  one 
  child 
  owns 
  0.68 
  acre 
  of 
  good 
  

   land 
  and 
  0.94 
  acre 
  of 
  poor 
  land. 
  A 
  typical 
  "poor 
  "Aymara 
  in 
  Chu- 
  

   cuito 
  who 
  supports 
  a 
  wife 
  and 
  two 
  children 
  owns 
  0.11 
  acre 
  of 
  poor 
  land 
  

   and 
  in 
  addition 
  receives 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  0.57 
  acre 
  of 
  medium 
  land 
  which 
  is 
  

   owned 
  by 
  his 
  Mestizo 
  landlord. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives 
  the 
  yield 
  in 
  pounds 
  and 
  by 
  crops 
  for 
  the 
  

   land 
  (by 
  acreage) 
  which 
  is 
  owned 
  or 
  utilized 
  by 
  three 
  typical 
  Aymara 
  

   of 
  Chucuito; 
  these 
  three 
  individuals, 
  whose 
  land 
  holdings 
  have 
  been 
  

   given 
  above, 
  are 
  typical 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  wealthy,' 
  ' 
  "medium," 
  and 
  

   "poor" 
  classes 
  among 
  the 
  Aymara 
  of 
  this 
  town. 
  

  

  Table 
  1 
  — 
  Crop 
  yield 
  (in 
  pounds) 
  and 
  landholdings 
  of 
  three 
  typical 
  Aymara 
  in- 
  

   dividuals 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Chucuito, 
  Peril 
  

  

  

  WEALTHY 
  AYMARA 
  

  

  

  

  

  Crop 
  

  

  Crop 
  yield 
  

  

  Acreage 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Good 
  

  

  Medium 
  

  

  Poor 
  

  

  Good 
  

  

  Medium 
  

  

  Poor 
  

  

  yield 
  

  

  Potatoes 
  

  

  2,500 
  

  

  1,875 
  

  

  1,875 
  

  

  405 
  

  

  650 
  

  

  2,625 
  

   2,875 
  

  

  

  0.60 
  

   ».ll 
  

   1.45 
  

   .15 
  

   1.19 
  

  

  10.75 
  

   i 
  .70 
  

  

  

  5,125 
  

  

  Barley 
  

  

  

  

  4,750 
  

  

  1,875 
  

  

  405 
  

  

  Quinoa 
  

  

  

  

  Habas 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Wheat 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  650 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  MIDDLE-CLASS 
  AYMARA 
  

  

  Potatoes 
  

  

  1,875 
  

   750 
  

  

  

  

  1.46 
  

   i.ll 
  

  

  

  

  1,875 
  

  

  Barley 
  

  

  

  1,250 
  

   875 
  

  

  

  10.60 
  

   i 
  .34 
  

  

  2,000 
  

  

  Quinoa 
  

  

  

  

  875 
  

  

  Habas 
  _. 
  

  

  270 
  

  

  

  i.U 
  

  

  

  270 
  

  

  Wheat 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  POOR 
  AYMARA 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Potatoes 
  

  

  

  625 
  

  

  

  

  0.19 
  

  

  

  625 
  

  

  Barley 
  

  

  

  750 
  

  

  

  2.26 
  

  

  750 
  

  

  Quinoa 
  

  

  

  250 
  

   270 
  

  

  

  .08 
  

   .15 
  

  

  250 
  

  

  Habas 
  

  

  

  

  

  270 
  

  

  Wheat 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  i 
  Land 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  individual. 
  

  

  2 
  This 
  individual 
  owns 
  0.11 
  acres 
  of 
  this 
  land. 
  

  

  Various 
  adaptations 
  of 
  crop 
  rotation 
  and 
  fallowing 
  increase 
  soil 
  

   productivity. 
  In 
  more 
  favored 
  regions 
  (Chucuito, 
  Conima, 
  Copa- 
  

   cabana), 
  crop 
  rotation 
  has 
  made 
  possible 
  the 
  continuous 
  planting 
  of 
  

   fields 
  year 
  in 
  and 
  year 
  out. 
  Here 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  crops 
  is 
  potatoes, 
  ocas, 
  

   quinoa 
  or 
  barley, 
  and 
  then 
  potatoes 
  again. 
  The 
  true 
  reasons 
  for 
  

   such 
  rotation 
  are 
  not 
  recognized, 
  although 
  the 
  succession 
  of 
  crops 
  is 
  

   traditional. 
  Elsewhere 
  (Juli, 
  Desaguadero), 
  virgin 
  soil 
  is 
  first 
  planted 
  

  

  