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Under the shade of Thipaak : the ethnoecology of cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean / edited by Michael D. Carrasco, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Mark A. Bonta, and Joshua D. Englehardt ; foreword by Thomas C. Hart.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cycads--Central America--History.
- Cycads.
- Cycads--Caribbean Area--History.
- Ethnoecology--Central America--History.
- Ethnoecology.
- Ethnoecology--Caribbean Area--History.
- Ethnoecology--Mexico--History.
- Indians of North America--Agriculture--Caribbean Area--History.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of Mexico--Agriculture--History.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2022]
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Under the shade of Thipaak
- ISBN:
- 9780813070179
- 0813070171
- Publisher Number:
- 99991366582
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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