The Last Pescadores of Chimalhuacán, Mexico: An Archaeological Ethnography

Contents
List of tables
List of figures
List of plates
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
	Western Bias and the Unique Aspects of Ancient Mesoamerica
	Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Wild Resources: Ethnographic and Archaeological Perspectives
	Wetland Ecology
	The Scope and Objectives of This Monograph
	The Organization of This Monograph
Chapter 2. The Lacustrine and Marshland Environment in the Valley of Mexico
	The Changing Size of the Lakes and Marshes
	Documented Changes in Salinity and Alkalinity during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
	Insights from Studies of Marshland Ecology in the U.S. Great Basin
	Insights from Environmental Studies in Lake Chad, North-Central Africa
	Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 3. The Historically Documented Utilization of Aquatic Resources in the Valley of Mexico, A.D. 1500-1970
	The Sixteenth-Century Sources
	The Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, Nineteenth-, and Twentieth-Century Sources
	Overall Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 4. Species Identification
	Aquatic Insects
	Salamanders
	Waterfowl
	Fish
	Miscellaneous Lacustrine Fauna (Molluscs, Crustaceans, Snails, Frogs)
	Algae
	Other Aquatic Plants
	Conclusions
Chapter 5. Collecting and Processing Aquatic Fauna at Chimalhuacan in 1992
	Folk Taxonomy of Collected Aquatic Fauna
	The Collecting Nets
	Drying the Netted Insects
	The Ahuauhtle Nursery
	Harvesting and Drying the Ahuauhtle
	Preparing the Edible Insects and Fish for Human Consumption
	Netting Waterfowl
	Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 6. Comparative Perspectives: The Documented Use of Aquatic Resources in Other Regions
	The Upper Lerma Drainage (Toluca Region), Mexico
	The Great Basin, Western U.S.
	The Titicaca Basin, Southern Peru and Bolivia
	The Tigris-Euphrates Delta, Iraq and Iran
	The Lake Chad Basin, Western Chad
	Overall Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 7. Archaeological Implications
	Issues of Taphonomy
	The Essential Elements of Traditional Aquatic Economies
	Archaeological Insights from the U.S. Great Basin
	Potential Archaeological Signatures of Aquatic Resource Use in the Valley of Mexico
	Archaeological Insights into Aquatic Economy and Cosmology in the Valley of Mexico
	Overall Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 8. Overall Conclusions
	Consequences of the Absence of Pastoralism in Ancient Mesoamerica
	The Domestication of Wetlands in the Valley of Mexico
	The Control, Distribution, and Exchange of Aquatic Resources
	The Archaeological Implications
	Future Research Directions
Bibliography
Author Index