What exactly is a Puesta? Is it just a non-specific place or is it more specific than that? Is it like a small village? Is it considered temporary or permanent? Which of the following might be found in/at a Puesta: houses, stores, streets, fortifications, stockade, inn, tavern, chappel, armory, mansions, plantations, guards, soldiers, garrison, a flag, command center, supply depots ... What kind of government would be there? I'm just trying to get my mind around what exactly a puesta is or isn't (Aguascalientes 1600s-1800s).
Puesto
Se dice y se escribe "puesto". Es más pequeño que una Labor, un Rancho o una Hacienda. Ciertamente mucho menos grande que un Pueblo, una Villa o una Ciudad.
Puesta
In the records I've seen is the old word for "Pueblo"(town), usually spelled "Puesto" but also seen as Puesta. Even if intended to describe a specific volume of settlers I've always see it to name anything from small congregation to well developed villages. My thinking is just a generic way of naming a place when there was no known (a least to the scribe) or established descriptor. e.g. "Puesto de los Aguacates" instead of "Lavor de los Aguacates".