Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study

by Nicolas Delsol

How the arrival of cattle transformed life
and society in the Americas

In
this book, Nicolas Delsol compares zooarchaeological and material evidence from
sites across Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to show how the introduction of
cattle, beginning with imports by Spanish colonizers in the 1500s, shaped
colonial American society.

Before
European colonization, cows were vital in European and African societies but
were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081306998X
• ISBN13: 9780813069982
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"