ABSTRACT
This text seeks to present a joint analysis of the colonial urban settlements that disappeared or moved over the first and a half-century of colonization of South America, specifically in the platinum region, which includes the Spanish jurisdictions of Paraguay, Rio da Prata and Tucumã, and the Captaincy of São Vicente, in Brazil. In addition to, or below, the debates on European ordering or urban morphology, the proposal is to reflect on the settlements that emerged in these colonial frontier spaces, marked by precariousness, mobility and porosity, and by an intense and essential relationship with the contiguous indigenous populations. The aim here is, above all, to understand the role of these settlements in shaping the platinum colonial territory, and in the constitution of shared American experiences.
KEYWORDS:
History of Southern America; Platinum space; Urban transfers; Colonial borders; Indigenous agency