Life in prehispanic times in the Laguna de Cuyutlán, Colima, Mexico: Knowledge, Adaptation and Utilization of Environmental Resources

• Published in: Archaeobios 2015-12, Vol.9 (1), p.13-27
• Main Authors: Barrientos, Maria de los Angeles Olay, Staedtler, Margarita Carballal, Cos, Maria Antonieta Moguel
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Anthropology; Archaeology; Coasts; Colima Mexico; Ecosystems; Environment; Material culture; National Institute of Anthropology & History; Wildlife
• ISSN: 1996-5214; 1996-5214

La Costa de Colima arqueologicamente ha sido poco estudiada, por ello el Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia interviene las obras de infraestructura que se construyen cerca de la Laguna de Cuyutlan, rica en bienes procedentes de diversos ecosistemas que se supone han estimulado su ocupacion desde tiempos tempranos. Se excavaron dos sitios; el analisis y la comparacion de sus contextos y materiales evidenciaron estrategias de modificacion del medio ambiente y, en particular, el conocimiento y el uso de la vida silvestre, preservado como material esqueletico o como figuras.//Archaeologically the coast of Colima has been little studied. As a result the National Institute of Anthropology and History involved infrastructure works being built near the Laguna de Cuyutlán, rich in goods from various ecosystems that are supposed to have stimulated his occupation from an early age. Two sites were excavated; analyzing and comparing their contexts and materials modification strategies showed the environment and in particular the knowledge and use of wildlife, preserved as skeletal material or figures. [web URL: http://www.arqueobios.org/en/archaeobios-journal/file/cat_vi ew/10-a rchaeobios-2015.html?limit=10&limitstart=0&ord er=date&dir=DESC]