Under the shade of Thipaak the ethnoecology of cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
Foreword / Thomas C. Hart -- Introduction: Elucidating Human-Cycad Relationships in the Indigenous Ethnoecological and Agroecological Systems of the Americas and Beyond / Michael D. Carrasco, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Mark A. Bonta, and Joshua D. Englehardt -- An Overview of Cycadales in Mesoameri...
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University Press of Florida
2022
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Foreword / Thomas C. Hart -- Introduction: Elucidating Human-Cycad Relationships in the Indigenous Ethnoecological and Agroecological Systems of the Americas and Beyond / Michael D. Carrasco, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Mark A. Bonta, and Joshua D. Englehardt -- An Overview of Cycadales in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean: Biology, Distribution, and Conservation / Michael Calonje, Andrew P. Vovides, and Jose Said Gutiérrez-Ortega -- Cycad Population Genetics in Mexico and the Caribbean / Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Francisco Pérez-Zavala, Naishla M. Gutiérrez- -- Arroyo, Dánae Cabrera-Toledo, Jorge A. González-Astorga, and Joshua D. Englehardt -- Zamia in the Insular Caribbean: New Insights into the Historical Ecology of an Ancient Wild Food Plant / Jaime R. Pagán-Jiménez -- Ancient Mesoamerican Agriculturaĺ Strategies: The Role of Cycads and Phaesolus Beans in the Development of Intensive Field Cultivation Systems / Amber M. VanDerwarker -- The Archaeology of Cycad Use in Ancient Mesoamerica: Old Data, New Methods / Joshua D. Englehardt, Edder D. Bustos-Díaz, Emanuel Bojórquez Quintal, Luis Rojas Abarca, Luis R. Vel zquez Maldonado, Esteban Sánchez Rodríguez, and Francisco Barona-Gómez -- The Maize God Revisited: Iconology of Cycads, Maize, and Fertility Deities in Mesoamerican Art / Michael D. Carrasco -- Tracking Teosinte across Mexico and Northern Central America / Mark A. Bonta -- The Sacred-Maize-Ancestor Concept: An Ethnographic Perspective / Mark A. Bonta -- Epilogue: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going? / Dennis Wm. Stevenson "Exploring the cultural role of cycads in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds, this volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 358 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780813069364 978-0-8130-6936-4 |