The Quero in Inca politics as ecological colonizers in Huánuco

Abstract

The Quero during the Tawantinsuyu was a nation settled in the current province of Paucartambo in Cusco. During the Inca expansion they were brought as mitimaes to Huánuco as colonizers for the exploitation of forest resources and the control of labor to the natives under the decimal system. The objective was to highlight the role of the Quero in the Inca policy as ecological colonizers in Huánuco and for this purpose a simple methodology was used consisting of the classification of first-hand sources, such as visits, archives, colonial censuses, communal titles, chronicles, scientific repositories, and Google Scholar. In the field work, systematic observation was applied, a sketch of the space dominated by the Quero, the use of digital resources such as: camera, compass, recorder, altimeter, laptop, and in the cabinet work we used the inductive-deductive-historical method. The results were: Quero survival in several zones of the department of Huánuco, abundant documentary information in the visits of 1549 and 1562, archaeological vestiges and populated centers in the provinces of Huánuco, Ambo, Pachitea, Lauricocha and Huamalíes, respectively. In conclusion, the Quero were mitimaes ecological colonizers as part of the Inca policy, excellent allies of this colonization and agents for the exploitation of a mosaic of forest resources such as: the kiswar, quinual, alder and chilca; their tasks were complemented with a variety of activities such as agriculture, grazing, hunting and the work of surveillance or spying on the natives as the Yacha, the Chupaychu, Wamalis, Panatahuas among other nationalities.