Table of Contents; List of Figures vii; List of Tables xiii; Acknowledgments xvii; 1. The Chantuto People and Their Environment 1; 2. Archaeological Sites 29; 3. Mollusks and Crustacea 123; 4. Food Procurement and Processing: Fish and Game Remains at theShellmound Sites 158Thomas A. Wake, Natalie Anikouchine, and Barbara Voorhies; 5. A Closer Look at the Late Archaic Fish Fauna 207Richard G. Cooke, Máximo Jiménez, Conrado Tapia,and Barbara Voorhies; 6. Human and Plant Interactions 300John G. Jones and Barbara Voorhies; 7. Tool Assemblages 344
8. Mobility Patterns of Holocene Hunter-Gatherers inMexico: The View from the Tidewaters 397Notes 419; References Cited 425; Index 455
Summary
This is the only full-scale archaeological study of the ancient Mesoamericans who lived in a coastal habitat immediately prior to the onset of an agricultural way of life
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-454) and index