FARMING AND CATASTROPHE AT LA JOYA: A CONSIDERATION OF AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AND RISK IN THE FORMATIVE SIERRA DE LOS TUXTLAS (Agricultura y catástrofe en La Joya: un examen de la intensificación agrícola y riesgo en el período Formativo de la Sierra de los Tuxtlas)
This paper examines the process of agricultural intensification as it occurred during the Formative period (1400 BC-AD 300) along the southern Gulf Coast of Mexico. Over the course of two millennia, rural villagers living in the Olmec hinterland of the Sierra de los Tuxtlas invested more time and la...
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| Language: | English |
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Dr. Pascual Izquierdo-Egea
2009-03-01
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| Series: | Arqueología Iberoamericana |
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| Online Access: | http://www.laiesken.net/arqueologia/archivo/2009/01/2.html |