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Intensive agriculture and socio-political development in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin, Michoacán, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher T. Fisher ,
Helen P. Pollard  and
Charles Frederick
Christopher T. Fisher
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706-1393, USA
Helen P. Pollard
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824, USA
Charles Frederick
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology & Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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Extract

Intensive agriculture played a pivotal role in the development of archaic states, but there is considerable debate concerning its relationship to population growth, climatic variability, and centralization.

Keywords

landscapesintensive agricultureTarascanwetland agricultureclimate changeWest Mexico
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 281 , September 1999 , pp. 642 - 649
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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