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Islands in the Lake - Environment and Ethnohistory in Xochimilco, New Spain (Hardcover)
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Islands in the Lake - Environment and Ethnohistory in Xochimilco, New Spain (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
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Now notorious for its aridity and air pollution, Mexico City was
once part of a flourishing lake environment. In nearby Xochimilco,
Native Americans modified the lakes to fashion a distinctive and
remarkably abundant aquatic society, one that provided a degree of
ecological autonomy for local residents, enabling them to protect
their communities' integrity, maintain their way of life, and
preserve many aspects of their cultural heritage. While the area's
ecology allowed for a wide array of socioeconomic and cultural
continuities during colonial rule, demographic change came to
affect the ecological basis of the lakes; pastoralism and new ways
of using and modifying the lakes began to make a mark on the watery
landscape and on the surrounding communities. In this fascinating
study, Conway explores Xochimilco using native-language documents,
which serve as a hallmark of this continuity and a means to trace
patterns of change.
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