Population-Resource Balances in Period I of Oaxaca, Mexico
- 20 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 45 (1) , 151-165
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279669
Abstract
The implications of speculative "population pressure" models are checked against the archaeological record in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, by means of a detailed comparison of maize potentials and ancient populations, as both change over time. There is virtually no fit. Santley's evolutionary model, inasmuch as it is operationalizable, should therefore be drastically rethought.Keywords
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