Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas
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 Afric...
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 Afric...
