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CONTENTS 



Preface 



The place and the iieoi.lo 



I.ocalion 



(ieni»raphy 



Population . 



The Tntiian communiiy 



The way of life ' 



Technology and econoiry 



The kind of economy 



Technology 



Technology and economy 



The land 



Natural resources 



Climate 



The river 



The lake 



Wild fauna 



Wild flora 



Land use 



Hill land 



Delta land 



Coffee or truck 



Truck lands 



Agriculture 



The milpa . -. 



Corn yields 



Bean-squash yields 



Truck farming 



Onions 



Garlic 



Beans 



Other vegetables 



Tubers 



Pcpinos 



Colfec 



Fruit 



Vegetable-pear 



Land ownership and practices 



Common lands 



Privately owned land 



Ladino owners 



Indian owners 



Resident Indians 



Tenure and transfer 



Inheritance 



The inheritance of household No. 49 



The inheritance of household No. 58_ _ . 

 The inheritance of household No. 55. - . 



Summary 



Land as collateral 



Land pawning 



. c.i: PAOE 



IX Land ownership anri practice^ Continued 



1 Land renting 81 



1 Land values Si 



2 IliU land s:; 



Delta truck land ._ s:! 



S Coffee land .S4 



II Labor .So 



l.'i The use of tinie s."i 



i;? Division of labor 90 



10 .^ge differences 00 



27 Sex differences 02 



20 The milpa 02 



20 Truck gardening- _ 92 



20 CofTee 03 



:iO Fruit 03 



30 Animal husbandry 03 



32 Firewood 03 



33 Housing 03 



35 Clothing 93 



35 Housekeeping 94 



38 Load carrying 04 



40 Summary 04 



44 Special occupations 05 



47 Artisans and miscellaneous business 0(i 



47 Practitioners 97 



49 Agricultural lalior 08 



52 Labor practices and wages 100 



52 Freedom of labor 105 



53 The business of agricull ure - 108 



54 Agriculture 108 



5} The milpa 108 



54 Tabl6n crops 110 



55 Onions 110 



55 Garlic 112 



55 Beans 113 



5t) Vegetables grown from imported seed. 114 



57 Root crops and peppers 114 



57 Pepinos 114 



57 Coffee 114 



59 Fruit 115 



02 Summary: Costs and profits 11(> 



(!5 Summary: Time consumption 1I(> 



Cf) Animal husbandry 117 



08 Fowl 117 



72 Hogs 119 



72 Goats and sheep 110 



74 Cattle UO 



75 Bees 120 



79 Horses and mules 120 



80 Dogsandcats 121 



50 Summary: Co.sts and profits 121 



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