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Author:

VanDerwarker, Amber M.

Title:

Farming, hunting, and fishing in the Olmec world / Amber M. VanDerwarker.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xi, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Olmecs--Agriculture.
Olmecs--Hunting.
Olmecs--Food.
Food habits--Mexico--History.
Subsistence economy--Mexico--History.

Notes:

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

Contents:

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.

Series:

The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies

ISBN:

9780292709805
9780292709805 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0292709803 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58830200

LCCN:

2005008768

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)