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Table 8 Edible fauna in archaeological evidence from 12,000 B.P. to 500 B.P. and its current type of use in the TCV

From: Use and management of wild fauna by people of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley and surrounding areas, Mexico

Animal

Time

Current use

 

12,000 BP–9000 BP

10,00BP–8700BP

8500BP–7000BP

7000BP–5500BP

5500BP–4300BP

4300BP–3500BP

3500BP–3000BP

3000BP–2200BP

2200BP–1300 PB

1300BP–500BP

Edible

Medicinal

Ornamental

Pets

Others

Equuus sp. Linnaeus, 1758a

x

              

cf. Antilocapra americana (Ord, 1815)a

x

              

Lepus sp. Linnaeus, 1758a

x

  

x

           

Large foxa

x

              

Small ground squirrel, chipmunk or prairie doga

x

              

Gopherus cf. berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857)a

x

              

Quaila

x

 

x

x

   

x

       

Canis latrans Say, 1823b

x

  

x

  

x

   

x

   

x

Spilogale sp.Gray, 1865b

x

 

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

  

x

Mephitis sp.É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. G. Cuvier, 1795b

x

       

x

x

 

x

   

Bassariscus sp.Coues, 1887b

x

         

x

 

x

  

Conepatus sp.Gray, 1837b

x

x

x

 

x

   

x

x

  

x

  

Sylvilagus spp.Gray, 1837b

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, 1780 b

 

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  

Colinus virginianus Linnaeus, 1758b

 

x

        

x

    

Pecari tajacu Linnaeus, 1758b

  

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775)b

  

x

x

x

   

x

x

x

 

x

  

Didelphis spp.Linnaeus, 1758b

  

x

     

x

x

x

x

x

  

Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) b

   

x

    

x

 

x

 

x

 

x

Orthogeomys sp.Merriam, 1895b

   

x

   

x

 

x

x

x

   

Procyon lotor Linnaeus, 1758b

    

x

  

x

 

x

x

 

x

  

Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus, 1758b

  

x

x

x

   

x

   

x

  

Columbina passerina Linnaeus, 1758b

  

x

x

x

   

x

 

x

 

x

  

Iguana iguana Linnaeus, 1758b

       

x

x

x

x

    

Ctenosaura pectinata (Wiegmann, 1834)b

       

x

x

 

x

    

Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758b

       

x

x

  

x

  

x

Falco sp. Linnaeus, 1758b

       

x

    

x

  

Fishb

   

x

x

         

x

Snakesb

        

x

 

x

    

Birdsb

  

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  

Insectab

  

x

x

x

 

x

  

x

x

x

  

x

Canis lupus familiaris Linnaeus, 1758c

    

x

 

x

x

x

x

     

Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758c

        

x

x

     

Ictidomys mexicanus (Erxleben, 1777) d

x

        

x

     

Neotoma spp. Say and Ord, 1825d

x

              

Peromyscus spp.Gloger, 1841d

x

              

Liomys sp.Merriam, 1902d

x

              

Puma concolor Linnaeus, 1791d

       

x

       

Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777)d

  

x

      

x

     

Lepus sp. 2d

         

x

     

Ameiva sp. Meyer, 1795d

 

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

     

Kinosternon integrum Le Conte, 1854d

  

x

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

     
  1. aExtirpated fauna
  2. bFauna with current use reports in the TCV and surrounding regions
  3. cIncorporated domesticates
  4. dFauna without current use reports in the TCV and surrounding regions