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Table 1 Typology of Mayan hunters according to the workflow or time dedicated to the activity

From: Learning to hunt Crocodiles: social organization in the process of knowledge generation and the emergence of management practices among Mayan of Mexico

 

Lagarteros(N = 5)

Occasional hunters (N = 9)

# years made activity

From 5 to 10

From 2 to 4

Frequency (hunting trips/year)

From 8 to 12

From 2 to 6

# people per group

From 3 to 4

From 3 to 4

# days of hunting

From 3 to 5

From 7 to 15

Average hunted lagartos/day

5.3 (min)

2.56 (min)

12.6 (max)

4.89 (max)

Average hunted lagartos/year/grup

127.2 (min)

35.8 (min)

756 (max)

440 (max)

Overall average hunted lagartos /year/grup

441.6

237.9

  1. Shows maximum (max) and minimum (min) number of lagartos hunted according to the Mayan in the period between February and May.