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An Alternative Explanation of Subsistence Change during the Early Historic Period at Pecos Pueblo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Daniel T. Reff
Daniel T. Reff*
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Division of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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Abstract

In a recent article, Spielmann et al. (1990) cited Spanish abuse of Indian labor and food stores as a major cause of dietary change at Pecos Pueblo. Of equal or greater significance were Old World diseases, which reduced the population of Pecos and other Pueblos and which necessarily impacted subsistence strategies.

Resumen

Resumen

En un trabajo reciente, Spielmann et al. (1990) citaron la explotación de los indígenas y de sus comestibles como causa principal de cambio dietético en el pueblo de Pecos. De igual o mayor importancia fueron las enfermedades introducidas desde el Viejo Mundo, las cuales habían reducido la población de Pecos y de los otros pueblos, y necesariamente cambiaron las estrategias de subsistencia.

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American Antiquity , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 563 - 564
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1993

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