Composition of the herd at Ciénega de Mata from 1657 to 1734 (drawn from data in Alcaide Aguilar 2004). This synthesis of hacienda inventories exhibits the period of absolute sheep dominance in the area, up to the late-17^th Century, when other groups of livestock began to increase in numbers. The black arrows indicate the times of the inventories. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.416.f6