Under the Shade of Thipaak : The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean / edited by Michael D. Carrasco [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carrasco, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cycads--Caribbean Area--History.

Cycads.

Cycads--Central America--History.

Ethnoecology--Caribbean Area--History.

Ethnoecology.

Ethnoecology--Central America--History.

Ethnoecology--Mexico--History.

Indians of Mexico--Agriculture--History.

Indians of Mexico.

Indigenous people of Mexico--Agriculture--History.

Indians of North America--Agriculture--Caribbean Area--History.

Indians of North America.

Indigenous people--Agriculture--Caribbean Area--History.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous people of Mexico--Agriculture--History.

Indigenous people--Agriculture--Caribbean Area--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2022]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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, Angelica 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 Gutierrez-Ortega

Cycad Population Genetics in Mexico and the Caribbean / Angelica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Francisco Perez-Zavala, Naishla M. Gutierrez-

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-Jimenez

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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Carrasco, Michael D. Under the Shade of Thipaak

ISBN:

0-8130-7017-1

OCLC:

1290245184