The Interrelation of Population, Food Supply, and Building in Pre-Conquest Central Mexico

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2561441
AutoresF Cook (0000-0003-3561-2835), S F Cook (University of California, Berkeley, autor de correspondencia)
Año1947
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas45-52
Fecha de publicación1947-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/275753
OpenAlexW2322570624
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas11

This paper is frankly exploratory, designed to test the possibility of applying historical and archaeological evidence to the solution of certain problems in demography and human ecology for which it is impossible to secure data of more conventional character.The Central Mexican region was selected because it contained for a very long time perhaps the densest population on the North American continent and because the annalistic as well as archaeological information concerning it is remarkably copious. Specifically the area is defined for present purposes as that included in the present states of Vera Cruz, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Mexico, Federal District, Morelos, Oaxaca, Michoacan, and Guerrero. This territory is not an ethnic or economic entity since it includes both coastal and highland cultures together with numerous independent linguistic stocks. On the other hand it corresponds to the most intensive area of archaeological investigation outside of Yucatan and is more or less coterminous with the so-called 'Aztec Empire' as the latter existed in 1520

Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · CONQUEST · Empire · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Population · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Ecology · History · Latin American history and culture · Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics