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The Use of Land and Water Resources in the Past and Present Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Anne V. T. Kirkby
In the first volume of a series on Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Valley of Oaxaca, Anne V. T. Kirkby investigated the agricultural production in the valley. With land-use data gathered at the time of her study (the 1960s), she created population and distribution models to help archaeologists interpret prehistoric settlement patterns in the region.
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Contents
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Figures
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Tables
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Plates
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Acknowledgments
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I. Objectives and Research Design
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Introduction
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Definitions
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Methods
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II. Agricultural Resources in the Physical Environment
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Introduction
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Land
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Water
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Summary
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III. Social Organisation of Land, Labour and Production
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Introduction
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Land
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Labour
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Production
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IV. Water Use Techniques and Their Distribution
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Introduction
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Dry Farming
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Floodwater Farming
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Water-Table Farming
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Well Irrigation
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Canal Irrigation
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Distribution of Water Use
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V. Corn Production and Its Distribution
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Introduction
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Traditional Cultivation Methods
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Factors Affecting Planting
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Factors Affecting Yields
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Areal Variations in Corn Yield and Water Consumption
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VI. Subsistence Farming on Unirrigated Land
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Introduction
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Evidence of Fixed Goals in Corn Production
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Effect of Local Variability on the Achievement of Fixed Goals
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Socioeconomic Influences on Levels of Satisfaction in Corn
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Summary
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VII. Cash Farming on Irrigated Land
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Introduction
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Sample Land Use Areas
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Effect of the Physical Environment on Irrigated Land Use
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Effect of the Cultural Environment
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Pre-Conquest Irrigation in the Valley
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VIII. Prehistoric Agriculture and Population
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Introduction
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Land Use Model of Prehistoric Agriculture and Settlement
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Stages of Development
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Comparison of Prehistoric PopUlation and Settlement Data from the Land Use Model and Archaeological Evidence
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IX. Conclusion: The Effect of Culture on Agricultural Resource Use
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Appendixes
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I. Perception of Annual Rainfall
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II. Present Distribution of Crops Around the Valley
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III. Lambityeco Land Use Area
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Resumen en Español
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References
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Published: 1973
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-1-949098-46-4 (paper)
- 978-1-949098-67-9 (ebook)