Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-231) and index.
Agricultural risk and intensification along Mexico's southern Gulf Coast : an introduction -- Agriculture and political complexity in theoretical perspective -- Politics and farming in the Olmec world -- Farming, gardening, and tree management : analysis of the plant data -- Hunting, fishing, and trapping : analysis of the animal data -- Eating plants and animals : stable isotopic analysis of human, dog, and deer bones -- Farming, hunting, and fishing in the Olmec world : a model of Olmec subsistence economy