Multi-racial, hierarchical colonial society based on rank
Calidad (reputation, race): from 16th century simplicity to 18th century diversity based on dress, speech, comportment, as well as physical appearance: Lima, Cochabamba, Oaxaca, Parral
Class, wealth, occupation intertwined with calidad.
Honor, reputation: “people of reason”
Even birthplace (ranking of places from peninsula cities to remote hamlets)