Mexico's valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán : from deserts to clouds /

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Author / Creator:	Yetman, David, 1941- author.
Imprint:	Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Southwest Center series Southwest Center series.
Subject:	Natural history -- Mexico -- Reserva de la Biósfera Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. Human geography -- Mexico -- Reserva de la Biósfera Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. Geography. Human geography. Natural history. Reserva de la Biósfera Tehuacán-Cuicatlán (Mexico) -- Geography. Mexico -- Reserva de la Biósfera Tehuacán-Cuicatlán.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13159815

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Other authors / contributors:	Búrquez, Alberto, author.
ISBN:	9780816548736 0816548730 9780816548743
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Mexico's Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán provides an accessible overview of an extraordinary region of Central Mexico. Through first-hand experience and engaging prose, the authors provide a synthesis of the geology, ecology, history, and cultures of the valleys, showing their importance and influence as Mesoamerican arteries for environmental and cultural interchange through Mexico"--
Other form:	Online version: Yetman, David. Mexico's valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2023 9780816548743

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why We Chose These Valleys
1. The Mexican Landscape: A Brief Synopsis of the History and Prehistory of the Valleys
2. Deep History, Climate, and Hydrology, or, Why the Valleys Are Deserts Within the Tropics
3. Geology of the Valleys
4. The Pre-Columbian Valleys
5. Cultures and Languages of the Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán
6. Archaeology
7. Plants and Ecosystems
8. Cerro Petlanco: Heart of the Valleys
Appendix: Species of Cactaceae Reported by BGIF for the Region of Tehuacán and Cuicatlán Valleys
References
Index

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