A reexamination of human-induced environmental change within the Lake Patzcuaro Basin, Michoacan, Mexico
CT Fisher, HP Pollard…�- Proceedings of the�…, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
This paper presents 2,000 years of settlement and land use within the Lake P�tzcuaro
Basin, Mexico. Three findings challenge the conclusions of previous research. We show (i)
that initial land degradation was caused by settlement, not by agriculture;(ii) that population
density inversely correlates with erosion; and (iii) that land degradation was associated with
European Conquest but not from the introduction of the Euro-agro suite. Instead,
demographic collapse caused by European-introduced disease prevented human�…
Basin, Mexico. Three findings challenge the conclusions of previous research. We show (i)
that initial land degradation was caused by settlement, not by agriculture;(ii) that population
density inversely correlates with erosion; and (iii) that land degradation was associated with
European Conquest but not from the introduction of the Euro-agro suite. Instead,
demographic collapse caused by European-introduced disease prevented human�…
[CITATION][C] Development of a Tarascan core: the Lake P�tzcuaro Basin
HP Pollard�- …�Postclassic Mesoamerican World, University of Utah�…, 2003