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© T. M. Whitmore
TODAY•Pre-Columbian societies in L.A. continued
Andean (Inka) agricultural strategiesPacific coastal desert societies
•Columbian EncounterAmerindian domesticated cropsMajor impacts of Amerindian crops
world-wideOld world crops to the Americas
•Amerindian population collapse
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Yesterday•Pre-Columbian societies in L.A.
Mesoamerican agriculture (continued)An aside regarding the “Classic” MayaLower Central AmericaCircum-Caribbean & AntillesLowland South America (Amazonia)Southern cone dry lands societiesAndean (Inka) societies
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Andean Societies I•Inca (or Inka) empire
•Ancient cultures, recent empire (at time of Spanish conquest)
•Quechua and Aymara languages (both still spoken by millions)
•C. Andes population ~ 11-15 m in 1490s
Inka core
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Andean Societies II•Resource management
problemsLittle land in any eco zoneDifferent agriculture needed in different zones
Altitude => frost a problem extreme diurnal temp differences
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Andean Societies III•Resource opportunities
The only large domesticated animals in the Americas (llamas & alpacas)“Camelids”
•Andean solution Murra’s “vertical archipelago”
Use of all major altitudinal zones – at the same time
Special food storage: charki and chuña (chuñu)
© T. M. WhitmoreLlamas near Colca V, Peru
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“tame” alpaca
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Charki & chuña = freeze dried meat and tubersTaclla = foot plow/hoe
© T. M. WhitmoreAltiplano (high puna) in C Peru
© T. M. WhitmoreTerraces (still used) near Tarma, Peru
© T. M. WhitmoreInca era terraces near Pisac
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Verticality!Note irrigatedterraces
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Colca ValleyNear Ariquipa, Peru(irrigated maize terraces in Inka times)
© T. M. WhitmoreColca Valley Near Ariquipa. Peru
© T. M. WhitmoreColca Valley Near Ariquipa. Peru
© T. M. WhitmoreQuinoa in Montaro V. Peru
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Potatoes in Arequipa market, Peru
© T. M. WhitmoreLots of potatoes (and yuca)
© T. M. WhitmoreCoca leaves in rural market, Montaro V, Peru
© T. M. WhitmoreOca, ulloa (and carrots)
© T. M. WhitmorePotatoes in raised beds near Cusco, Peru
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Coastal Desert Societies
•Seat of sophisticated high cultures long before the Inka Moche (~100-700 AD) and Chimú (immediate pre-Inka)
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Coastal Desert Societies•Resource opportunities and limitations
Coastal fishing excellentNo frostNo rain except in El Niño yerrs
•Water management problems are severe
•Agricultural strategiesCanal irrigationSunken plotsGathered foods
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Irrigated agSouth of Trujillo, Peru
© 1998-2002 VIRTUALPERU.NET
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Columbian “Encounter” or “Exchange”
•Amerindian domesticated crops & animals
•Impacts of Amerindian crops
•Old World crops and animals to the Americas
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• Maize (corn) (Zea mays) • Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) (so-called
“Irish” potatoes) & other tubers (e.g., Oca & olluco)
• Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) (including what we usually call ‘yams’)
• Manioc (Manihot esculenta and M. Dulcis) (or yuca; you know it as tapioca)
• Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) (grain & greens)
• Beans (Phaseolus spp.) (most all types except soy, mung, & etc.)
• All squashes (Cucurbita spp.) • Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicon)• Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea)
Foods I
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• Chilies (Capsicum spp.) (not true ‘peppers’)• Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)• Avocado (Persea americana) • Papaya• Cashew• Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) ‘food of the
gods’)• Pineapple• Guava• Brazil nut• Agaves (Agave spp.) • Chenopodium species (both for grain and
greens) – including quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
• Cactus (prickly pear)• and many others, especially fruits
Foods II
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•Cotton (Gossypium spp.) (Most commercial types)
•Tobacco•Rubber (latex)•Coca (as in cocaine)•Indigo (also Old World, blue dye for
jeans)•Sisal/hemp (gunny sacks)•Copal (incense)•Cochineal (brilliant red dye from
crushed insects)•and many others
NON - FOODS
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•Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) (Food)•Llama (Lama pacos) (food, fiber,
transport)•Alpaca (Lama Glama) (fiber)•Turkey •Dog (food)•Muscovy duck•Bee - only source of sweetness•Cochineal insect•and a very few others
ANIMALS
A sample of the diversity represented in the corn crib of one farmer in the highlands of central Mexico.
(photo by Hugh Iltis)
Maguey (C. Mexico)© BL Turner
Presse Internationale MSCOMM ltée; ©Copyright 1998
Manioc or cassava or yuca
© The Potato Research Program of the National Agrarian University
OLLUCOOCA
International Potato Institute
(Centro International de la Papa)
http://www.cipotato.org/index2.asp
© ANGEL MUJICAquinoa
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Impact of Amerindian crops•Europe
Potatoes•Africa
MaizeManiocPeanuts
•AsiaMaizeChilesSweet potatoes
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From J.C. McCannMaize and Grace© Harvard University Press
From J.C. McCannMaize and Grace© Harvard University Press
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Impact of Euro-Asian crops & animals
•Most important were animalsCattleSmall stock
•Plantation cropsSugarBananasWheat
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Amerindian Population Collapse
•Uncertainty in estimates of pre-Colombian populations => even more uncertainty about early colonial losses (best in C. Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Peru)
•Scale of collapse – in most places roughly a 90% loss in 100-150 years!
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WESTERN HEMISPHERE ESTIMATES MILLIONS
RIVET 1924 40-50
SAPPER 1924 40-50
SPINDEN 1928 50-75
WILCOX 1930 13.1
KROEBER 1939 8.4
ROSENBLAT 1945 13.4
STEWARD 1945 15.5
SAPPER 1948 31
RIVET 1952 15.5
BORAH 1964 100
DOBYNS 1966 90-112.5
MORNER 1967 33.3
DRIVER 1969 30
DENEVAN 1976 43-72
THORNTON 1987 72+
DENEVAN 1992 43-65
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Central Mexican population collapse1520 - 1620
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Amerindian Population Collapse II
•By the NumbersNadir populations (low point about 1650)
Current populations Regional patterns
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Amerindian Population Collapse III
•CausesIntroduced infectious diseases
Small band initial settlement (little genetic variability)
Cold screenFew domestic animals“Virgin soil” epidemics
Spanish/Portuguese cruelty: the mis-named “leyenda negra”
Miscegenation
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smallpox
Basin of Mexico Indigenous Population collapse 1510 - 1625
measles
uncertain