Agriculture and inequality in the colonial andes: A simulation of production and consumption using administrative documents

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-440

  Wernke, Steven A ^a   Whitmore, Thomas M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Andes; Colonialism; Historical demography; Indigenous land use; Subsistence simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COLONIALISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SUBSISTENCE;

ANDES; COLCA VALLEY; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68449091105     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9261-2     Document Type: Article

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