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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesDJarvis" data-source="post: 2469201" data-attributes="member: 2515">Certianly but maize, squash and beans provide a whole lot of what pople need.  I just posted that link as an indication that it is possible for folks to get at protien even without cattle and sheep. There was fishing as you point out, maybe aqua culture of sorts (put a city by or in a large lake and there are going to be fish nearby).  Some folks had llamas as well.  here is smething i just pulled off the web:ANIMAL FOODS"Dogs, turkeys, and the Musovy duck were the only domesticated animals in ancient Mesoamerica. All were used for food, but they made only a minor contribution to the Aztec diet. The Aztecs also fished and hunted wild game, but again these food sources were limited...Archaeologists do find the bones of fish, deer, rabbit, iguana, dog, turkey, and other animasl in Aztec domestic trash deposits, but rarely in dense concentrations. Meat from large animals was a minor part of the Aztec diet. Early Spanish observers noted the widespread use of insects among the Aztecs, including ants, grasshoppers, manuey worms, and jumil bugs. Insects are high in protein, tasty, and could often be harvested in large numbers. The Aztecs also gathered great amounts of blue-green spirulina algae...from the surface of the lakes. This algae, known as tecuitlatl, is extremely high in protein, grows rapidly, and abundantly, and is easy to gather with fine nets...The Spanish soldiers and priests had a low opinion of the palatability of this algae, but it was much prized by the Aztecs."---The Aztecs, Smith (p. 67)</blockquote>

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