Lakes, Canoes, and the Aquatic Communities of Xochimilco and Chalco, New Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2734366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Conway (0000-0002-1876-9163, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 541-568 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnohistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00141801-1587460 |
| OpenAlex | W2166865081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Canoes played a vital part in supporting the distinctive aquatic societies that Nahuas had fashioned from Lakes Xochimilco and Chalco in central Mexico. Residents there had long relied on waterborne transportation to maintain a wide range of enterprises. The lakes facilitated the commercial integration of the region, and the benefits of canoe transportation extended beyond the indigenous sector of the economy to the provisioning of Mexico City. Canoes came to occupy a strategic place in the broader colonial enterprise. The history of canoes can tell us much about the role of the environment in the regional economy, cross-cultural encounters and exchanges, relations between Nahuas and colonial institutions, and the ability of Nahuas to advance their interests and preserve the relative prosperity that under-pinned lakeside societies
Archaeology · Biology · Colonialism · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Prosperity · Provisioning · Archaeology and Natural History · Ecology · History · Latin American history and culture
The Riches of Twilight (Circa 1600)
Forging Friendship with Franciscans (1560s–1580s)
The Texts in Nahuatl
Becoming Conquered (The 1560s)
Renaissance in the East (The Seventeenth Century)
Old Stories in New Letters (1520s–1550s)
Epilogue
Islands in the Lake
Perceptions and sustainable actions under land degradation and climate change
Collision of Worlds
Annals of Native America
Spaniards in the Nahua City of Xochimilco
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |