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A History of Nacre and Pearls in the Gulf of California

Abstract

Few topics about the environmental history of a fishing resource are as fascinating as the human use and exploitation of pearl oysters and the various societies involved in this activity. Human–pearl relations have been present in a global context for thousands of years. Throughout the existence of this relationship, a dense socioeconomic, political, and cultural framework has been woven over and over, forming a mosaic. This mosaic, ubiquitous to coastal regions and periods, results from overexploitation-resilience cycles that have culminated in the gradual depletion of natural banks and the emergence of cultivation technologies.

Bibliographic citation

Monteforte, M. (2018). A History of Nacre and Pearls in the Gulf of California, in: Price, L.L. et al. Coastal heritage and cultural resilience. pp. 79-112. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99025-5_5