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- Contributors
- Mesoamerican Archaeology: Recent Trends
- A Short History of Theory in Mesoamerican Archaeology
- Mexico's National Archaeology Programs
- Archaeology in Guatemala: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist
- The Archaeology of Belize in the Twenty-First Century
- Archaeology on Mesoamerica's Southern Frontier
- Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples
- Time and Space Boundaries: Chronologies and Regions in Mesoamerica
- Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers and the Colonization of Mesoamerica
- Archaic-Period Foragers and Farmers in Mesoamerica
- The Origins of Food Production in Mesoamerica
- Agricultural Land Use and Intensification
- Searching Out Prehispanic Landscapes in Mesoamerica by Means of Aerial Reconnaissance
- Ecological Approaches to Archaeological Research in Central Mexico
- Sources and Sourcin
- Crafting and Manufacturing in Mesoamerica: Critical Engagements with Theory and Method
- The Domestication of Stone in Mesoamerica
- Ceramic Technology and Production
- Mesoamerican Metallurgical Technology and Production
- As the Whorl Turns: Function and Meaning in Mesoamerican Textile Production
- Markets, Merchants, and Systems of Exchange
- Central Mexican States and Imperial Tribute Systems
- The Spanish Conquest and the Archaeology of the Colonial and Republican Periods
- Population Decline during and after Conquest
- Historical Archaeology in Central and Western Mesoamerica
- Landscape Change in the Maya Region, 1450–1910 ad
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Agricultural intensification is the process whereby land-use activity is heightened through an increase in production on a plot. Production can be stimulated by an increase in the amount or kind of labor invested, the incorporation of crops that yield more food or fiber, or the use of a novel technology. In Mesoamerica, few “technological breakthroughs” precipitated change, rather the developmental trajectory for intensification was based on labor allocation and slow advances in the amount of food potentially harvested by an evolving process of plant domestication—principally maize. This article discusses agricultural intensification in West Mexico, Central Highland Mexico, the Valley of Oaxaca, and the Maya lowlands.
Keywords: agricultural intensification, Mesoamerica, land use, production, West Mexico, Central Highland Mexico, Oaxaca Valley, Maya lowlands
Vernon L. Scarborough (University of Cincinnati)
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- [UNTITLED]
- Contributors
- Mesoamerican Archaeology: Recent Trends
- A Short History of Theory in Mesoamerican Archaeology
- Mexico's National Archaeology Programs
- Archaeology in Guatemala: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist
- The Archaeology of Belize in the Twenty-First Century
- Archaeology on Mesoamerica's Southern Frontier
- Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples
- Time and Space Boundaries: Chronologies and Regions in Mesoamerica
- Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers and the Colonization of Mesoamerica
- Archaic-Period Foragers and Farmers in Mesoamerica
- The Origins of Food Production in Mesoamerica
- Agricultural Land Use and Intensification
- Searching Out Prehispanic Landscapes in Mesoamerica by Means of Aerial Reconnaissance
- Ecological Approaches to Archaeological Research in Central Mexico
- Sources and Sourcin
- Crafting and Manufacturing in Mesoamerica: Critical Engagements with Theory and Method
- The Domestication of Stone in Mesoamerica
- Ceramic Technology and Production
- Mesoamerican Metallurgical Technology and Production
- As the Whorl Turns: Function and Meaning in Mesoamerican Textile Production
- Markets, Merchants, and Systems of Exchange
- Central Mexican States and Imperial Tribute Systems
- The Spanish Conquest and the Archaeology of the Colonial and Republican Periods
- Population Decline during and after Conquest
- Historical Archaeology in Central and Western Mesoamerica
- Landscape Change in the Maya Region, 1450–1910 ad
- Index
