Growing the Taraco Peninsula : indigenous agricultural landscapes / Maria C. Bruno
- Author
- Bruno, Maria C. (Maria Christina), 1976-
- Published
- Denver, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2024]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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- Contents
- Indigenous agriculture and resurgent communities : defining Taraco Peninsula landscapes -- Taraco Peninsula communities : space, place, and time -- Field preparation : earth, water, and variability -- Planting : growing domesticated plants -- Tending : wild plants and domesticated animals -- Harvesting and processing : transforming plants into food (Part 1) -- Eating : transforming plants for food (Part 2) -- Agricultural taskscapes : resurgent communities of the Taraco Peninsula.
- Summary
- "Examines the early history of farming (1500 BCE to 1150 CE) on the Taraco Peninsula, Bolivia drawing upon ethnographic insights from modern-day Indigenous farming practices and archaeological evidence to explore the landscapes and human-plant relationships that were shaped by Indigenous communities and their agricultural practices"--
- Subject(s)
- Agriculture—Bolivia—Taraco (Municipio)—History
- Indians of South America—Agriculture—Bolivia—Taraco (Municipio)—History
- Traditional farming—Bolivia—Taraco (Municipio)—History
- Plant remains (Archaeology)—Bolivia—Taraco (Municipio)
- Environmental archaeology—Bolivia—Taraco (Municipio)
- Botany—Research—Bolivia—Taraco (Municipio)
- Sustainable agriculture—Bolivia—Taraco (Municipio)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
- Taraco (La Paz, Bolivia : Municipio)—Antiquities
- ISBN
- 9781646426133 electronic book
1646426134 electronic book
9781646426126 hardcover - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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