The present study offers new information on salt production in MichoacAn, broadening our perspectives on the role played by common salt, or sodium chloride, in the cultural development of the pre-Hispanic Tarascan state. The research on which this book is based began in 1996 with an interdisciplinary perspective that combines archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistorical approaches, as well as oral history. The geographical areas where fieldwork was conducted by the author were the eastern part of the Lake Cuitzeo Basin, and the northern area of the MichoacAn coast with the adjoining...
The present study offers new information on salt production in MichoacAn, broadening our perspectives on the role played by common salt, or sodium ...
Pottery is one of humankind's most important inventions. It is thousands of years old and it is fair to say that without it the development of civilization as we know it would not have been possible. Food preparation and storage, religion and ritual, wine-making, trade, art, and architecture, among many other human achievements were all aided by pottery, an artificial material that lent itself to the elaboration of all kinds of objects: vessels, figurines, roof tiles, water pipes, fishnet weights, and tablets inscribed with the earliest forms of writing to name but a few: a veritable litany...
Pottery is one of humankind's most important inventions. It is thousands of years old and it is fair to say that without it the development of civiliz...
