Polisemias de la alimentación. Salud, desperdicio, hambre y patrimonio

El presente texto nos ofrece un acercamiento al estudio del reciente proceso migratorio transnacional en el que se insertan los pobladores rurales de la región central del estado de Veracruz. Combina la perspectiva histórica, la antropológica y la sociológica, logrando así una visión profunda de esta experiencia regional de los actuales desplazamientos poblacionales. A partir de una mirada socioantropológica sobre un conjunto de localidades de la zona cañero-cafetalera del centro de la entidad, los autores revelan las transformaciones que experimentan estas poblaciones rurales como...

La Mina: A Royal Moche Tomb focuses on La Mina, an extraordinarily rich tomb that was looted on the north coast of Peru in 1987. The ceramic and metal objects it contained were among the most extraordinary ever produced in the Andean area, and it had the most colorfully decorated pre-Columbian burial chamber ever found in the Americas. The artifacts are now scattered throughout the world, nearly all of them held in private collections. In this work Donnan reveals how he was able to locate and document many of the tomb’s contents and determine how the tomb was constructed and embellished....

Questo libro racconta una storia di pedofilia. Una storia vera, scritta dalla protagonista e vittima, Margaux Fragoso, che con sofferto coraggio, con onestà e con uno sguardo incredibilmente lucido, affronta a quindici anni di distanza i momenti più cupi della sua vita.

Zooarchaeological remains are the focus of this study of subsistence, settlement, economics, and politics on the Ecuadorean coastal plain. Surprisingly intensive exploitation of marine resources for both food and the production of ornamental items is documented, in the case of sites immediately adjacent to the coastline as well as farther inland. Deer and other animals were hunted, and the relative importance of agricultural production varied through time and across the region. Complete text in English and Spanish.