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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451678003321

Autore

VanDerwarker Amber M

Titolo

Farming, hunting, and fishing in the Olmec world [[electronic resource] /] / Amber M. VanDerwarker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2006

ISBN

0-292-79617-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies

Disciplina

980/.012

Soggetti

Olmecs - Agriculture

Olmecs - Hunting

Olmecs - Food

Food habits - Mexico - History

Subsistence economy - Mexico - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Agricultural risk and intensification along Mexico's southern Gulf Coast : an introduction -- Agriculture and political complexity in theoretical perspective -- Politics and farming in the Olmec world -- Farming, gardening, and tree management : analysis of the plant data -- Hunting, fishing, and trapping : analysis of the animal data -- Eating plants and animals : stable isotopic analysis of human, dog, and deer bones -- Farming, hunting, and fishing in the Olmec world : a model of Olmec subsistence economy.