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Aquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica : Subsistence Activities in Ethnoarchaeological Perspective.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Eduardo.
- Series:
- Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology
- Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology ; v.15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aquaculture--Mexico--History.
- Aquaculture.
- Aquaculture--Central America--History.
- Subsistence economy--Mexico.
- Subsistence economy.
- Subsistence economy--Central America.
- Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings--Mexico.
- Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings.
- Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings--Central America.
- Ethnoarchaeology--Mexico.
- Ethnoarchaeology.
- Ethnoarchaeology--Central America.
- Antiquities.
- Central America--Antiquities.
- Central America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress, 2022.
- Summary:
- This book explores the subsistence strategies that ancient Mesoamericans implemented to survive and thrive in their environments. It discusses the natural settings, production sites, techniques, artifacts, cultural landscapes, traditional knowledge, and other features linked to human subsistence in aquatic environments.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright page
- Contents Page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter I
- Introduction
- The Mesoamerican Aquatic Lifeway
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Ethnohistory
- Aquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica
- Archaeological Implications
- Content and Structure of this Book
- Chapter II
- The Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán: Natural Resources and Subsistence Activities
- Ethnohistorical Information on Aquatic Subsistence in Michoacán
- Ethnographic Analysis and Archaeological Interpretation
- The Natural Environment of the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin
- Ethnographic Information on Subsistence Activities in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Manufacture
- Subsistence Activities in Aquatic Contexts: Archaeological Markers
- Gathering
- Final remarks
- Chapter III Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781789699128
- 1789699126
- OCLC:
- 1341394270
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