Reconsideration of the nomadic condition of the southernmost Guachichiles based on the relationship with their environment

Abstract Background The Guachichiles were a group of Chichimeca people that inhabited the southern and central parts of the Mexican Plateau. In the southern area of their distribution, they occupied and used the tunales, extensive forests of arborescent nopales (Opuntia spp.). Their pre-Columbian di...

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Main Authors: Eric Mellink, Mónica E. Riojas-López, José Antonio Rivera-Villanueva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-018-0223-x