The last pescadores of Chimalhuacán, Mexico : an archaeological ethnography /
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| Author / Creator: | Parsons, Jeffrey R. |
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| Imprint: | Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, 2006. |
| Description: | xviii, 377 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropological papers / Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 96 Anthropological papers (University of Michigan. Museum of Anthropology) ; no. 96. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8927891 |
| Summary: | Based on his study of the nearly vanished aquatic economy of Chimalhuacán in the Valley of Mexico, Parsons describes the surviving vestiges of aquatic insect collection and fishing and considers their developmental and archaeological implications within a broad context of historical, ethnographic, biological, ecological, and archaeological information from Mexico, North and South America, the Near East, and Africa. Activities, implements, artifacts, and landscapes are richly illustrated, in many cases with the author's own photos and a number of vintage photographs. The study concludes that aquatic resources were fully complementary with agricultural products during prehispanic times in Mesoamerica where a pastoral economy was absent. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 377 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780915703623 0915703629 |