Author: David Yetman
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548749
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
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.
Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán
Author: David Yetman
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548749
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548749
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
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.
Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán
Author: David Yetman
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548730
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548730
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
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.
The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley
Author: Tehuacan Archaeological-Botanical Project
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780292736849
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
1. Environmental and subsistence. v.2. Nonceramic artifacts. v.3.- Ceramica. v.4. Chromology and irrigation.- v.5. Excavations and reconnaissance.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780292736849
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
1. Environmental and subsistence. v.2. Nonceramic artifacts. v.3.- Ceramica. v.4. Chromology and irrigation.- v.5. Excavations and reconnaissance.
Report of an Archæological Tour in Mexico
Author: Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Indians of Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
An archaeological survey of the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico: A test of color infrared photography
Author: James A. Neely
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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CBSG News
Author:
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Category : Captive wild animals
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Category : Captive wild animals
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A Fuego y Sangre
Author: Elsa M. Redmond
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0932206972
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0932206972
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
In Indian Mexico
Author: Frederick Starr
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Studies in Latin American Ethnohistory & Archaeology
Author:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Centres of Plant Diversity: The Americas
Author: Stephen D. Davis
Publisher:
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Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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