Swidden agriculture,village longevity,and social relations in Formative central Tlaxcala: Towards an understanding of macroregional structure |
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| Authors: | Richard G Lesure Thomas A Wake Aleksander Borejsza Jennifer Carballo David M Carballo Isabel Rodríguez López Mauro de Ángeles Guzmán |
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| Institution: | 1. Anthropology Department, 341 Haines Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1553, United States;2. Zooarchaeology Laboratory, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, A210 Fowler Building/Box 951510, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1510, United States;3. Coordinación de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Industrias 101A, Fracc. Talleres, CP 78494 San Luis Potosí, Mexico;4. Department of Anthropology, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States;5. Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States;6. Boulevard Emilio Sánchez Piedras 1519, Col. Centro, CP 90300 Apizaco, Tlaxcala, Mexico;g Dirección de Antropología Física, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Av. Paseo de la Reforma y calzada Gandhi s/n, Col. Chapultepec Polanco, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, CP 11560 México, DF, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | Understanding social change within early village societies requires analysis at multiple scales. In this paper, we focus on macroregional structure in the Formative era of Central Mexico, based on excavations at village sites in Tlaxcala. A macroregional scale is particularly important for contextualizing developments in the study region. Rapid political evolution after 900 BC built on a legacy of organizational innovations in settled communities to the south. The earliest farmers in central Tlaxcala practiced a system of swidden agriculture developed at lower-lying elevations. Practiced on the erodible slopes of central Tlaxcala, that system led to the widespread degradation of farmland. Consequences at the village scale involved chronic instability of settlement and recurring localized stress on faunal resources. |
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| Keywords: | Scale Macroregion Swidden Agriculture Population Fauna Dog Formative Mesoamerica |
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