Ethnobiology at the Millennium : Past Promise and Future Prospects /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Parsons, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Zouthandel.
Zoutwinning.
Indianen.
Etnoarcheologie.
Salzindustrie
Ethnoarchäologie
Salzgewinnung
Nahua
Salt industry and trade.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Economic history.
Antiquities.
73.06 ethnography.
15.85 history of America.
Indians of Mexico > Mexico > Mexico, Valley of > Antiquities.
Ethnoarchaeology > Mexico.
Salt industry and trade > Mexico > Mexico, Valley of.
Salt industry and trade > Mexico > Nexquipayac.
Nahuas > Industries.
Indianer.
Mexiko
Mexico > Valley of Mexico.
Mexico > Nexquipayac.
Mexico.
Nexquipayac (Mexico) > Economic conditions.
Mexico, Valley of (Mexico) > Antiquities.
History (form)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Physiological Basis for Salt Consumption
  • Salt and Saltmaking in Mesoamerica and the Valley of Mexico
  • The Scope of This Monograph
  • The Local Setting
  • The Organization of This Monograph
  • Saltmaking at Nexquipayac in 1988
  • Synopsis of the Saltmaking Process
  • The Workshops: Facilities and Implements
  • The SN Workshop
  • The Permanent Features
  • The Portable Contents
  • The IC Workshop
  • The Eastern Sub-Area
  • The Western Sub-Area
  • The Central Sub-Area
  • The MC Workshop
  • The Soils Used in Saltmaking: Types and Sources
  • Lakeshore Soils
  • Leached Workshop Soils
  • The Lakeshore Sources
  • Ash Deposits Used in Saltmaking
  • Collecting and Transporting the Soils
  • The SN Strategy: Combination of Truck and Cart
  • The IC Strategy: Exclusive Reliance on Burro Cart
  • Hauling Soil in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Storing Soils at the Workshop
  • Mixing the Soils to Be Loaded into the Pilas
  • The SN Workshop: Preparing the Sal Blanca Mixture
  • The SN Workshop: Preparing the Sal Negra Mixture
  • The IC Workshop: Preparing the Sal Blanca Mixture
  • The IC Workshop: Preparing the Sal Negra Mixture
  • Pilas: Preparation, Use, and Maintenance
  • Preparing a New Pila
  • Loading the Soil Mixture
  • The Leaching Process
  • Cleaning Out the Pila Pit
  • Boiling Hut Operations
  • Boiling the Agua Salada: Sal Blanca
  • Boiling the Agua Salada: Sal Negra and Salitre
  • Drying the Salt: Sal Blanca
  • Drying the Salt: Sal Negra
  • Salitre Crystallization and Drying
  • Fuel Operations
  • The Present
  • Pre-1960s
  • Distributing the Salt
  • The Present
  • The 1930s and 1940s
  • Sources of Soil and Water
  • Workshop Features and Implements
  • Recycling Soil
  • Expertise and Knowledge
  • Fuel Costs
  • The Uses of Salt
  • Saltmaking in the Valley of Mexico, 1500-1920
  • The Geochemistry of Tequesquite in and around Lake Texcoco
  • The Changing Needs for Salt during the First Posthispanic Century
  • Documented Salt Use in the Valley of Mexico on the Eve of Spanish Contact
  • The Triple Alliance Tribute
  • Eye-Witness Accounts from the Valley of Mexico
  • The Posthispanic Sixteenth-Century Documentary Sources
  • Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, The Florentine Codex
  • The Relaciones Geograficas
  • Other Sixteenth-Century Accounts
  • The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  • The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
  • Saltmaking in Mesoamerica outside the Valley of Mexico, 1500-1920
  • Marine Coastal Lagoons
  • Inland Salt Springs
  • Inland Salt Lakes
  • Worldwide Comparative Perspectives
  • Technological Variability
  • Minimalist Salt-Harvesting Techniques
  • Transport, Boiling, and Storage in the Workshop
  • Preparation of Salt "Gardens,"
  • Solar Evaporation
  • Brine Boiling
  • Fuel Problems
  • Leaching Devices and Procedures
  • The Use of Salty Brine in Cooking and Seasoning Food
  • Making Different Types of Salt
  • Drying and Cleaning Salt
  • Packaging, Storing, and Transporting Finished Salt
  • Rainy Season Saltmaking
  • Leaching the Ashes of Salt-Rich Plants
  • Collecting Precipitated Salt from Salt-Rich Plants
  • Quantitative Input-Output Data
  • Settlement Patterns
  • The Complementarity of Saltmaking and Agriculture
  • The Association between Saltmaking and Pottery Making
  • The Scale and Organization of Traditional Saltmaking
  • The Sociopolitical Implications of Salt Production, Distribution, and Consumption
  • The Association between Saltmaking and Textile Dyeing
  • The Preparation of Mordant Ash and Brine in West Africa
  • The Use of Salt and Tequesquite in Traditional Mexican Cloth Dyeing
  • The Archaeology of Traditional Saltmaking
  • The Valley of Mexico
  • The Significance of Fabric-Marked Pottery
  • Pre-Middle Postclassic Saltmaking in the Valley of Mexico
  • Other Parts of Mesoamerica
  • Location and Appearance of Saltmaking Sites
  • Non-Movable Ceramic and Masonry Containers
  • Ceramic Assemblages
  • Changes in Saltmaking over Time
  • North America
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Briquetage and "Red Hill" Sites
  • A Reconstruction of Saltmaking at Briquetage Sites
  • The Seasonality and Specialization of Iron Age Saltmaking at Briquetage Sites
  • Changes in European Saltmaking during the Later Iron Age
  • Technological and Organizational Changes in Saltmaking during Roman and Post-Roman Times
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Potentially Appropriate Saltmaking Techniques in the Valley of Mexico
  • The Use of Brine for Flavoring and Cooking Foods
  • The Use of Plant Ash vs. Crystalline Salt
  • Harvesting Natural Tequesquite during the Dry Season
  • Simple Solar Evaporation: Replicating and Extending Nature
  • Intensified Solar Evaporation
  • Specialized Year-Round Saltmaking
  • The Infrastructure of Saltmaking
  • The Geopolitics of Salt
  • A Hypothetical Developmental Scenario
  • The Early, Middle, and Late Formative ca. 900-250 B.C.
  • The Early Terminal Formative, ca. 250-50 B.C.
  • The Late Terminal Formative, Classic, and Epiclassic, ca. 50 B.C.-A.D. 900
  • The Early Postclassic, ca. A.D. 900-1100
  • The Middle and Late Postclassic, ca. A.D. 1100-1520
  • Future Research Directions
  • Epilogue: Saltmaking at Nexquipayac in 1998.

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