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Water Folk: Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán, Western Mexico

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This study of subsistence activities (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in the Cuitzeo and Pátzcuaro lake basins (Michoacán, Western Mexico) underscores the value of ethnoarchaeology as a tool for reconstructing the ancient aquatic lifeway in the territory of the Protohistoric Tarascan state (ca. AD 1450-1530), which flourished in an environment dominated by lakes, rivers, swamps and marshes. Mesoamerica was the only civilization in the ancient world that lacked major domesticated sources of animal protein; therefore, abundant wild aquatic species (fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects and plants, etc.) all played strategic roles in the diet and economy of most Mesoamerican cultures, including the Tarascans.

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  • British Archaeological Re Brand
  • Apr 25, 2014 Pub Date:
  • 9781407312521 ISBN-13:
  • 1407312529 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 118.0 pages Paperback
  • 11.69 in * 0.35 in * 8.27 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: