Del chontal al ladino

En este trabajo, que aúna rigor e innovación, se reconstruye la historia de los últimos tres siglos de la tradición almadrabera. Las almadrabas suratlánticas para la captura del atún rojo constituyen uno de los artefactos culturales de mayor continuidad histórica de este territorio. Sobre una actividad predatoria permanente se han ido sucediendo distintos paisajes culturales, en función de distintas técnicas productivas, modelos de explotación, sistemas de relaciones socio-políticas y universos culturales predominantes en cada momento.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Los vaivenes en el precio de un residuo orgánico acumulado sobre el fondo marino durante decenas de millones de años tienen al mundo con el corazón encogido, y por muy buenas (o tal vez muy malas) razones: al fin y al cabo, ese formidable sedimento de criaturas descompuestas se vende hoy en barriles y en cantidades superlativas para alimentar una insaciable maquinaria que no puede detenerse sin detener con ella la marcha de nuestro angustiado planeta. ¿Pero qué ocurre cuando falla una pieza en el diabólico engranaje? Y sobre todo, ¿qué ocurriría si se agotara el sustento de la fiera? ...