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

Eduardo Williams 2014 © BAR Publishing
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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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  • BAR pre-2020
  • BAR International Series pre-2020
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  • 9781407312521 (paperback)
  • 9781407342191 (ebook)
BAR Number
  • S2617
Subject
  • Central and South America and the Caribbean
  • Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate
  • Early Modern and Modern
  • Food and Drink / Diet
  • Archaeozoology / Bioarchaeology / Osteoarchaeology
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  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter I. Introduction
  • Chapter II. Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán
  • Chapter III. Aquatic Resources in the Economy of the Tarascan State
  • Chapter IV. Summary and General Conclusions
  • References
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