The Use of Land and Water Resources in the Past and Present Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Kirkby, Anne V. T.

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The Use of Land and Water Resources in the Past and Present Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Anne V. T. Kirkby

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In the first volume of a series on Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Valley of Oaxaca, Anne V. T. Kirkby investigated the agricultural production in the valley. With land-use data gathered at the time of her study (the 1960s), she created population and distribution models to help archaeologists interpret prehistoric settlement patterns in the region.

Contents
Figures
Tables
Plates
Acknowledgments
I. Objectives and Research Design
II. Agricultural Resources in the Physical Environment
- Introduction
- Land
- Water
- Summary
III. Social Organisation of Land, Labour and Production
- Introduction
- Land
- Labour
- Production
IV. Water Use Techniques and Their Distribution
- Introduction
- Dry Farming
- Floodwater Farming
- Water-Table Farming
- Well Irrigation
- Canal Irrigation
- Distribution of Water Use
V. Corn Production and Its Distribution
- Introduction
- Traditional Cultivation Methods
- Factors Affecting Planting
- Factors Affecting Yields
- Areal Variations in Corn Yield and Water Consumption
VI. Subsistence Farming on Unirrigated Land
- Introduction
- Evidence of Fixed Goals in Corn Production
- Effect of Local Variability on the Achievement of Fixed Goals
- Socioeconomic Influences on Levels of Satisfaction in Corn
- Summary
VII. Cash Farming on Irrigated Land
- Introduction
- Sample Land Use Areas
- Effect of the Physical Environment on Irrigated Land Use
- Effect of the Cultural Environment
- Pre-Conquest Irrigation in the Valley
VIII. Prehistoric Agriculture and Population
- Introduction
- Land Use Model of Prehistoric Agriculture and Settlement
- Stages of Development
- Comparison of Prehistoric PopUlation and Settlement Data from the Land Use Model and Archaeological Evidence
IX. Conclusion: The Effect of Culture on Agricultural Resource Use
Appendixes
- I. Perception of Annual Rainfall
- II. Present Distribution of Crops Around the Valley
- III. Lambityeco Land Use Area
Resumen en Español
References

Citable Link

Published: 1973

Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

ISBN(s)

978-1-949098-46-4 (paper)
978-1-949098-67-9 (ebook)

Series

Memoirs

Subject

Latin American Studies
Archaeology:New World

The Use of Land and Water Resources in the Past and Present Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

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