The question of prehistoric agriculture among the western Yumans
The question of prehistoric agriculture among the western Yumans
https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.1995.35-36.a09
Keywords:
Agriculture, Prehistoric peoples, adaptationAbstract
Agriculture fanned an important part of the subsistence system of the prehistoric: Yuman-speaking peoples who lived along or near the lower Colorado River. Some recent scholars have argued that the Yumans of nnorthwestern Baja California and southwestern California also practiced agriculture prehistorically. A critical review of the evidence fills to fails any substantial support for that conclusion.Resumen
La agricultura formaba parte importante del sistema de subsistencia de los pueblos de habla Yumana que vivían a lo largo o cerca de la parte baja del rio Colorado. Algunos especialistas argumentas que los Yumanos de la parte noroeste de Baja California y la parte sudoeste de California también practicaban la agricultura. Sin embargo, al realizar en este artículo una cuidadosa revisión de las evidencias no se encuentra un sustento sólido para la afirmación.References
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