Anthropic transformations in the mangrove of San Blas, Nayarit (100 BC – 500/550 AD).

Abstract

In the Pacific of western Mexico, different cultures lived that over the centuries transformed the surrounding landscape. The conscious actions of these people turned the difficult environment of mangroves and volcanoes into habitable place where they could develop their culture and economy. Thanks to the study of landscape and archaeozoology, we can see how they modified the small elevations in the middle of the San Cristóbal estuary in terraced mountains where they could develop their daily lives over centuries.