Formative Lacustrine Adaptation: Botanical Remains from Terremote-Tlaltenco, D. F., México

The extensive excavation of Terremote-Tlaltenco, Distrito Federal, Mexico, in the southern Basin of Mexico, has provided significant data concerning human adaptation to lacustrine conditions during the Middle and Late Formative periods in this region of Mesoamerica. Results of the analysis of abundantly preserved archaeobotanical remains from the site are described here in an attempt to illustrate their role in understanding prehispanic subsistence activities in the Basin.