Irrigation and the Cuicatec Ecosystem: A Study of Agriculture and Civilization in North Central Oaxaca

Contents
Illustrations
Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
	Cuicatlan, the Canada, and the Cuicatecs
	The Cuicatec Region
2. The Cuicatec Ecosystem: An Historical Reconstruction
	Historical Sources
		Codices
		Spanish Sixteenth-Century Sources
		Later Sources
		Recent Works
	Definition of the Cuicatec Region
	The Cuicatec Ecosystem
		The Canada Towns
		Integration of the Cuicatec Region
		Social and Political Structure
		The Cuicatec in the Aztec Empire
3. The Spanish Conquest: The Cuicatec in Culture Contact
	Culture Contact and Schismogenesis
	The Spanish Conquest of the Cuicatec Region
	The Impact of the Spanish Conquest
		Post-Hispanic Population Change and the Cuicatec Ecosystem
		Estimating Population for the Cuicatec Ecosystem
	Spanish Introductions to Mesoamerica
		Livestock in the Cuicatec Region in the Sixteenth Century
		Introduced Plants
	Summary: The Impact of the Spanish Conquest
4. The Cuicatec Ecosystem from the Conquest to the Present
	The Seventeenth Century: The Introduction of Sugar Cane
	The Eighteenth Century: The Spaniards Establish a Foothold
	The Nineteenth Century: Roads, Railroads, and Haciendas
	The Cuicatec Ecosystem in the Twentieth Century
	Analysis: Processes in the History of the Cuicatec Ecosystem
		Interaction of Factors
5. Archaeological Evidence: The Cuicatec Ecosystem from its Origin
	The Predassic Period
		Perdido Phase
		Lomas Phase
	The Classic Period Trujano Phase
	The Postclassic Iglesia Vieja Phase
	Ancient Irrigation Remnants
	Population, Irrigation Systems, and Settlements in the Cuicatlan Canada
	Population and Intensive Agriculture in Mesoamerica
	Cuicatlan and Mesoamerica
Appendix. Archaeological Fieldwork
	Survey of Cuicatlan, Oaxaca
		Other Cuicatec Sites
			El Sabino
			La Union (Site 28)
			Atlatlauca
			Cotahuixtla
			El Despoblado and the Rio de las Trancas Canals (Site 32)
			La Coyotera (Site 29)
			Ojo de Pajarito
			Santa Cruz
			Dominguillo
		Excavations
			Site 5
			Site 16
		Artifacts
Bibliography
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