Mexico S Valleys Of Cuicatlán And Tehuacán

Author : David Yetman,Alberto Búrquez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780816548743

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Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán by David Yetman,Alberto Búrquez Pdf

Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán: From Deserts to Clouds provides an accessible and photographic view of the culture, history, and environment of an extraordinary region of southern Mexico. The Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán are lauded by botanists for their spectacular plant life—they contain the densest columnar cacti forests in the world. Recent archaeological excavations reveal them also to be a formative Mesoamerican site as well. So singular is this region that it is home to the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Through firsthand experience and engaging prose, the authors provide a synthesis of the geology, ecology, history, and cultures of the valleys, showing their importance and influence as Mesoamerican arteries for environmental and cultural interchange through Mexico. It also reveals the extraordinary plant life that draws from habitats ranging from deserts to tropical forests. The authors, both experts in their respective fields, begin with a general description of the geography of the valleys, followed by an introduction to climate and hydrology, a look at the valleys’ often bewildering geology. The book delves into cultural and linguistic backgrounds of the valleys and discusses archaeological sites that that encapsulate the valleys’ fascinating history prior to the arrival of Europeans. The book concludes by describing the flora that makes the region so singular.

Author : David Yetman,Alberto Búrquez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816548736

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Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán by David Yetman,Alberto Búrquez Pdf

Mexico's Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán provides an accessible overview of an extraordinary region of Central Mexico. Through firsthand experience and engaging prose, the authors provide a synthesis of the environment, plants, and peoples of the valleys, showing their importance and influence as Mesoamerican arteries for environmental and cultural interchange through Mexico.

Author : Rafael Lira,Alejandro Casas,José Blancas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461466697

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Ethnobotany of Mexico by Rafael Lira,Alejandro Casas,José Blancas Pdf

This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico discuss essential topics as well as contributions from international research groups that have conducted studies on ethnobotany and domestication of plants in the region. Such a convocation will produce an interesting discussion about future investigation and conservation of regional human cultures, genetic resources, and cultural and ecological processes that are critical for global sustainability.

Author : Alejandro Casas,José Juan Blancas Vázquez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1581 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030993573

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico by Alejandro Casas,José Juan Blancas Vázquez Pdf

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies (Society for Economic Botany, International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Society of Ethnobiology, International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. The objective of this new MRW on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions is to take advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. We anticipate including the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for each region. Each contribution will be scientifically rigorous and contribute to the overall field of study.

Author : Thiago Gonçalves-Souza,Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves,Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832501481

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Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation by Thiago Gonçalves-Souza,Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves,Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior Pdf

Author : Stefano Padulosi,E.D. Israel Oliver King,Danny Hunter,M.S. Swaminathan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000450422

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Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security by Stefano Padulosi,E.D. Israel Oliver King,Danny Hunter,M.S. Swaminathan Pdf

Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS). The book is structured into six parts, covering the following themes: introduction to NUS, approaches, methods and tools for the use enhancement of NUS, integrated conservation and use of minor millets, nutritional and food security roles of minor millets, stakeholders and global champions, and, building an enabling environment. Presenting a number of case studies at the regional and country levels, the chapters cover different but highly interlinked aspects along the value chains, from acquisition and characterization of genetic diversity, cultivation and harvesting to value addition, marketing, consumption and policy for mainstreaming. Cross-cutting issues like gender, capacity building and empowerment of vulnerable groups are also addressed by authors. Representatives from communities, research for development agencies and the private sector also share their reflections on the needs for the use enhancement of NUS from their own perspectives. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food security, sustainable agriculture, nutrition and health and development, as well as practitioners and policymakers involved in building more resilient food and production systems.

Author : Luis Enrique Eguiarte,Jim Leebens-Mack,Karolina Heyduk
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889711017

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Recent Advances and Future Perspectives for Agavoideae Research: Agave, Yucca and Related Taxa by Luis Enrique Eguiarte,Jim Leebens-Mack,Karolina Heyduk Pdf

Author : Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Patrícia Muniz De Medeiros,Alejandro Casas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319199177

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Evolutionary Ethnobiology by Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Patrícia Muniz De Medeiros,Alejandro Casas Pdf

Ethnobiology is a fascinating science. To understand this vocation it needs to be studied under an evolutionary point of view that is very strong and significant, although this aspect is often poorly approached in the literature. This is the first book to compile and discuss information about evolutionary ethnobiology in English.

Author : Kent V. Flannery,Joyce Marcus
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780915703340

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Early Formative Pottery of the Valley of Oaxaca by Kent V. Flannery,Joyce Marcus Pdf

Author : Simone Lucatello,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald,Ileana Espejel,Natalia Martínez-Tagüeña
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030224646

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Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate Change in the Global South by Simone Lucatello,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald,Ileana Espejel,Natalia Martínez-Tagüeña Pdf

This volume integrates a conceptual framework with participatory methodologies to understand the complexities of dryland socio-ecological systems, and to address challenges and opportunities for stewardship of future drylands and climate change in the global south. Through several case studies, the book offers a transdisciplinary and participatory approach to understand the complexity of socio-ecological systems, to co-produce accurate resource management plans for sustained stewardship, and to drive social learning and polycentric governance. This systemic framework permits the study of human-nature interrelationships through time and in particular contexts, with a focus on achieving progress in accordance with the 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. The book is divided into four main sections: 1) drylands and socio-ecological systems, 2) transdisciplinarity in drylands, 3) interculturality in drylands, and 4) the governance of drylands. Expert contributors address topics such as pastoralism and the characteristics of successful agricultural lands, the sustainable development goals and drylands, dryland modernization, and arid land governance with a focus on Mexico. The volume will be of interest to dryland researchers, sustainable development practitioners and policymakers.

Author : Jon C. Lohse,Aleksander Borejsza,Arthur A. Joyce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780429620096

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Preceramic Mesoamerica by Jon C. Lohse,Aleksander Borejsza,Arthur A. Joyce Pdf

Preceramic Mesoamerica delivers cutting-edge research on the Mesoamerican Paleoindian and Archaic periods. The chapters address a series of fundamental questions in American archaeology including the peopling of the Americas, human adaptations to late glacial landscapes, the Neolithic transition, and the origins of sedentism and early village life. This volume presents innovative and previously unpublished research on the Paleoindian and Archaic periods and evaluates current models in light of new findings. Examples include breakthroughs in dating Mesoamerica’s earliest sites and their implications for models of hemispheric colonization; the transition to postglacial patterns of settlement and subsistence; divergent pathways to initial sedentism; the possibility of Archaic-period monumentality; changing patterns of interregional exchange and interaction; and debates surrounding the origins of agriculture, ceramics, and full-time village life. The volume provides a new perspective on the Mesoamerican Preceramic for students and scholars in archaeology, anthropology, and history. Readers will come to understand how the Preceramic contributed to the emergence of the cultural traditions that anthropologists recognize as Mesoamerica.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2002 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : OSU:32435081357840

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Kathryn Klein
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892363810

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The Unbroken Thread by Kathryn Klein Pdf

Housed in the former 16th-century convent of Santo Domingo church, now the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, Mexico, is an important collection of textiles representing the area’s indigenous cultures. The collection includes a wealth of exquisitely made traditional weavings, many that are now considered rare. The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca details a joint project of the Getty Conservation Institute and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico to conserve the collection and to document current use of textile traditions in daily life and ceremony. The book contains 145 color photographs of the valuable textiles in the collection, as well as images of local weavers and project participants at work. Subjects include anthropological research, ancient and present-day weaving techniques, analyses of natural dyestuffs, and discussions of the ethical and practical considerations involved in working in Latin America to conserve the materials and practices of living cultures.

Author : Elsa M. Redmond
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780932206978

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A Fuego y Sangre by Elsa M. Redmond Pdf

Author : Robert W. Jones,C. Patricia Ornelas-García,Rubén Pineda-López,Fernando Álvarez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031172779

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Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene by Robert W. Jones,C. Patricia Ornelas-García,Rubén Pineda-López,Fernando Álvarez Pdf

This contributed volume presents an analysis of the current conservation status of major faunal groups in Mexico. The chapters describe a prognosis of future challenges, and also explore the expanding threats inherent in the Anthropocene within the context of the unique physical, biological and cultural aspects of the nation. Covering 27 chapters, and written by Mexican and international authors, this book analyzes a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate animal taxa, their ecosystems and the critical processes related to their present conservation status. This volume is an important reference material for researchers, conservationists and students interested in the biological and ecological processes shaping the Mexican fauna.