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Turner, B. L. (1945-)

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Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest // Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner.
Author:	Whitmore, Thomas M.
other author:	Turner, B. L.
Published:	New York :Oxford University Press, : c2001.,
Description:	xvi, 311 p. :ill., maps ;25 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	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.
Subject:	Indians of Mexico - Agriculture. -
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/00068061.html
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00068061-d.html
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/00068061-b.html
ISBN:	0199244537 (hbk.)

Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest /
Whitmore, Thomas M.

Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest /Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner. - New York :Oxford University Press,c2001. - xvi, 311 p. :ill., maps ;25 cm. - Oxford geographical and environmental studies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-289) and index.

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.

ISBN: 0199244537 (hbk.)UK131.00

LCCN: 00068061 Subjects--Topical Terms:

1053325
Indians of Mexico
--Agriculture.

LC Class. No.: F1219.3.A35 / W48 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 630/.972/09031

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