Coastal Ecosystems and Economic Strategies at Cerro Azul, Peru: The Study of a Late Intermediate Kingdom

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Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Part I: An Introduction to the Kingdom of Huarco and its Ecosystems 1. The Ecosystems of the Kingdom of Huarco - Joyce Marcus 2. Provenience and Context of the Plant and Animal Remains at Cerro Azul - Joyce Marcus Part II: How Cerro Azul Made Use of Trophic Levels 2, 3, and 4 3. The Collection of Shellfish - Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus 4. The Collection of Crustaceans - Kent V. Flannery and Jeffrey D. Sommer 5. Crayfish Trapping - Joyce Marcus and Ramiro Matos 6. The Fish Resources of Cerro Azul in the 1980s - Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus 7. Fishing Strategies and Fishing Gear - Joyce Marcus 8. The Drying of Fish for Export - Joyce Marcus 9. The Archaeological Fish Remains from Cerro Azul - Jeffrey D. Sommer and Kent V. Flannery 10. The Hunting of Birds and Mammals - Joyce Marcus 11. The Bird Life of Cañete and the Avifauna of Cerro Azul - Joyce Marcus and Christopher P. Glew 12. The Hunting of Marine Mammals - Christopher P. Glew and Kent V. Flannery Part III: The Use of Plants at Cerro Azul 13. Edible, Ritual, and Medicinal Plants - C. Earle Smith, Jr. and Joyce Marcus 14. Comments on the Late Intermediate Maize - C. Earle Smith, Jr. and Joyce Marcus 15. Phaseolus and Erythrina from Cerro Azul - Lawrence Kaplan 16. Industrial Plants - C. Earle Smith, Jr. and Joyce Marcus Part IV: The Domestic Animals, Their Skeletal Remains, and Their Byproducts 17. Camelids and Ch´arki at Cerro Azul - Christopher P. Glew and Kent V. Flannery 18. Domestic Dogs - Kent V. Flannery and Christopher P. Glew 19. The Raising of Guinea Pigs - Christopher P. Glew and Kent V. Flannery 20. Macrofossil and Palynological Analysis of the Coprolites from Cerro Azul - John G. Jones Part V: The Interface of Ecology and Economy 21. The Economy of the Kingdom of Huarco - Joyce Marcus Appendix A: Artisanal Fishing at Cerro Azul, 1984–1986 - Khalid Kattan, Robert G. Reynolds, and Joyce Marcus References Cited Index