Fishing Through Flux: Economic Strategies for Managing El Niño Risks in Coastal Peru
Dr. Jo Osborn
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 06:30 pm
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology & Zoom
About:
How do communities confront challenging climatic circumstances? This talk explores the development of community economic specialization at Jahuay (200 BC–AD 150), a fishing village on the Peruvian south coast where full-time maritime specialists made a living through fishing, shellfish collection, and the hunting of marine birds and mammals. These products were consumed locally and exchanged regionally. Dr. Osborn proposes complementarity between independent specialized communities exploiting distinct resources was a regional strategy that buffered against periodic scarcity and made communities more resilient to El Niño cycles.
Attend in person at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology or register to attend via Zoom here!
Notes:
This event is free and open to the public.
