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03628aam a2200505 i 4500 001 1A0C6C8C78F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 191223t20202020azuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019036752 020 $a 0816539960 020 $a 9780816539963 035 $a (OCoLC)1126212316 040 $a AzTeS/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d BNG $d AZN $d GZM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-mx--- 050 00 $a S451.7 $b .S56 2020 082 00 $a 338.1/4097252 $2 23 086 0 $a UA 5.2:C 656 100 1 $a Skopyk, Bradley, $e author. 245 10 $a Colonial cataclysms : $b climate, landscape, and memory in Mexico's little Ice Age / $c Bradley Skopyk. 264 1 $a Tucson : $b The University of Arizona Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xv, 313 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Latin American landscapes 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Colonial Cataclysms: Climate, Landscape and Memory in Mexico's Little Ice Age is an in-depth examination of the climatic effects of the hemispheric "Little Ice Age" on pluviosity, soils, and indigenous agriculture in central Mexico during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The manuscript offers a corrective of the long-standing scholarly thought that the primary problem facing agriculture in this period was drought. In contrast, Skopyk argues that the problem was in fact elevated rainfall that resulted in flooding and the silting of wetlands, particularly in the watersheds of Tlaxcala. Such elevated rainfall restricted agriculture and led to conditions that were described as "arid" or "desiccated." Such over-saturation of rainfall led to destructive bursts of dirt and water to downstream communities, drastically eroding and degrading soil. At the time, major hydraulic engineering projects were launched, rivers were deemed the "enemy" of the people, and human ingenuity was seen as the only remedy to a capricious and impetuous nature. Historians and thinkers have long considered the region's abundant flooding to be the product of failed hydraulic infrastructure. Skopyk argues that anomalies in the region's temperature have been neglected, converting what he sees as Mexico's "Little Ice Age" into Mexico's "Little Drought Age.""-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Crops and climate $z Teotihuacan Valley $z Teotihuacan Valley $x History. 650 0 $a Crops and climate $z Zahuapan River Watershed $z Zahuapan River Watershed $x History. 650 0 $a Climate and civilization $z Teotihuacan Valley $z Teotihuacan Valley $x History. 650 0 $a Climate and civilization $z Zahuapan River Watershed $z Zahuapan River Watershed $x History. 651 0 $a Teotihuacan Valley (Mexico) $x History $x History $y 16th century. 651 0 $a Teotihuacan Valley (Mexico) $x History $x History $y 17th century. 651 0 $a Zahuapan River Watershed (Mexico) $x History $x History $y 16th century. 651 0 $a Zahuapan River Watershed (Mexico) $x History $x History $y 17th century. 650 7 $a Climate and civilization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00864228 650 7 $a Climatology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00864281 650 7 $a Crops and climate. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00884075 651 7 $a Mexico $z Teotihuacan Valley. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01878808 651 7 $a Mexico $z Zahuapan River Watershed. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01889350 648 7 $a 1500-1699 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Latin American landscapes. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032710.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1A0C6C8C78F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search