The Zinacantecos food collecting and food producing system consists of cultivating corn, squash, beans and fruit trees. They also raise animals for food, do some foraging for wild foods, and rarely hunt for meat. They specialize mostly in corn production because it is used to feed the family and to trade ... villages, but not much. The Zinacantecos organization of production and exchange is based on a subsistence economy, which means they provide for their own needs. Some things they do trade or buy such as, rum, candles, salt and musical instruments. They sell flowers, surplus corn and bean...

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