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- 00068061 contributor B63911.
- 00068061 contributor B63912.
- 00068061 created "2001.".
- 00068061 date "2001".
- 00068061 date "2001.".
- 00068061 dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- 00068061 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-289) and index.".
- 00068061 description "Machine generated contents note: List of Figures xv -- List of Maps xvii -- List of Tables xviii -- 1. On the Eve of Conquest: The Context and Background -- to the Problem 1 -- Understanding the Text 4 -- Middle American Environments: The Setting for Cultivation 6 -- Types of Cultivation 19 -- Geographical Units 22 -- Reprise 35 -- 2. The Context of Cultivation: Social and Economic -- Organization and the General Nature of Cropping 40 -- Demand, Labor, and Land Tenure 41 -- Tools, Production Strategies, and Storage 48 -- Defining Cultivated Plants of Middle America 63 -- Context in Retrospect 71 -- 3. Arboriculture and Horticulture 76 -- Types of Arboriculture and Horticulture 77 -- Agroforestry 79 -- Orchards and Orchard-Gardens 86 -- Gardens 103 -- Arboriculture and Horticulture in Retrospect 106 -- 4. Rainfed Cultivation 111 -- Swidden Cultivation 114 -- Temporal Cultivation 123 -- Conuco Cultivation 128 -- Rainfed Cultivation in Retrospect 129 -- 5. Terrace Cultivation 133 -- Types and Functions of Terraces 134 -- Sloping-field Terraces 136 -- Bench Terraces 145 -- Cross-channel Terraces 154 -- Terraces in Retrospect 161 -- 6. Floodwater and Irrigated Cultivation 165 -- Types and Functions of Irrigation 166 -- Subsurface Irrigation 170 -- Floodwater Farming and Irrigation 171 -- Canal Irrigation 174 -- Wetland Irrigation 191 -- Irrigation in Retrospect 193 -- 7. Wetland Cultivation 195 -- Types and Functions of Wetland Cultivation 196 -- Recessional and Subsurface Cultivation 199 -- Intensive Wetland Systems 207 -- Chinampas 220 -- Wetland Cultivation in Retrospect 225 -- 8. Inventing Histories? Themes and Indications 228 -- Myths and Legends 228 -- Land-use Dynamism before the Conquest 235 -- Hinterlands, Mosaics, and Landscapes of Cultivation 237 -- Missing Invention 243 -- Missing the Mark 244 -- Reprise 246 -- Bibliography 251 -- Index 291.".
- 00068061 extent "xvi, 311 p. :".
- 00068061 identifier "0199244537".
- 00068061 identifier 00068061-d.html.
- 00068061 identifier 00068061-b.html.
- 00068061 identifier 00068061.html.
- 00068061 isPartOf "Oxford geographical and environmental studies".
- 00068061 issued "2001".
- 00068061 issued "2001.".
- 00068061 language "eng".
- 00068061 publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- 00068061 spatial "Central America".
- 00068061 spatial "Central America.".
- 00068061 spatial "Mexico".
- 00068061 spatial "Mexico.".
- 00068061 subject "630/.972/09031 21".
- 00068061 subject "Agriculture Central America History.".
- 00068061 subject "Agriculture Mexico History.".
- 00068061 subject "F1219.3.A35 W48 2001".
- 00068061 subject "Indians of Central America Agriculture.".
- 00068061 subject "Indians of Mexico Agriculture.".
- 00068061 subject "Irrigation farming Central America.".
- 00068061 subject "Irrigation farming Mexico.".
- 00068061 subject "Shifting cultivation Central America.".
- 00068061 subject "Shifting cultivation Mexico.".
- 00068061 subject "Traditional farming Central America.".
- 00068061 subject "Traditional farming Mexico.".
- 00068061 tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: List of Figures xv -- List of Maps xvii -- List of Tables xviii -- 1. On the Eve of Conquest: The Context and Background -- to the Problem 1 -- Understanding the Text 4 -- Middle American Environments: The Setting for Cultivation 6 -- Types of Cultivation 19 -- Geographical Units 22 -- Reprise 35 -- 2. The Context of Cultivation: Social and Economic -- Organization and the General Nature of Cropping 40 -- Demand, Labor, and Land Tenure 41 -- Tools, Production Strategies, and Storage 48 -- Defining Cultivated Plants of Middle America 63 -- Context in Retrospect 71 -- 3. Arboriculture and Horticulture 76 -- Types of Arboriculture and Horticulture 77 -- Agroforestry 79 -- Orchards and Orchard-Gardens 86 -- Gardens 103 -- Arboriculture and Horticulture in Retrospect 106 -- 4. Rainfed Cultivation 111 -- Swidden Cultivation 114 -- Temporal Cultivation 123 -- Conuco Cultivation 128 -- Rainfed Cultivation in Retrospect 129 -- 5. Terrace Cultivation 133 -- Types and Functions of Terraces 134 -- Sloping-field Terraces 136 -- Bench Terraces 145 -- Cross-channel Terraces 154 -- Terraces in Retrospect 161 -- 6. Floodwater and Irrigated Cultivation 165 -- Types and Functions of Irrigation 166 -- Subsurface Irrigation 170 -- Floodwater Farming and Irrigation 171 -- Canal Irrigation 174 -- Wetland Irrigation 191 -- Irrigation in Retrospect 193 -- 7. Wetland Cultivation 195 -- Types and Functions of Wetland Cultivation 196 -- Recessional and Subsurface Cultivation 199 -- Intensive Wetland Systems 207 -- Chinampas 220 -- Wetland Cultivation in Retrospect 225 -- 8. Inventing Histories? Themes and Indications 228 -- Myths and Legends 228 -- Land-use Dynamism before the Conquest 235 -- Hinterlands, Mosaics, and Landscapes of Cultivation 237 -- Missing Invention 243 -- Missing the Mark 244 -- Reprise 246 -- Bibliography 251 -- Index 291.".
- 00068061 title "Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest / Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner.".
- 00068061 type "text".