Contents
Illustrations
Tables
Acknowledgments
Cuicatlan, the Canada, and the Cuicatecs
The Cuicatec Region
Spanish Sixteenth-Century Sources
Later Sources
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
Culture Contact and Schismogenesis
The Spanish Conquest of the Cuicatec Region
The Impact of the Spanish Conquest
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
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 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
Survey of Cuicatlan, Oaxaca
El Sabino
Santa Cruz
Site 16
Artifacts
Bibliography
Resumen en Espanol