| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 678 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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pt. 1. Histories of maize : genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence -- pt. 2. Stable isotope analysis and human diet -- pt. 3. Histories of maize : the spread of maize in Central and South America -- pt. 4. Histories of maize : North America and northern Mexico -- pt. 5. Histories of maize : the language of maize |
| Summary |
Maize has been described as a primary catalyst to complex sociocultural development in the Americas. State of the art research on maize chronology, molecular biology, and stable carbon isotope research on ancient human diets have provided additional lines of evidence on the changing role of maize through time and space and its spread throughout the Americas. The multidisciplinary evidence from the social and biological sciences presented in this volume have generated a much more complex picture of the economic, political, and religious significance of maize. The volume also includes ethnograph |
| Notes |
Originally published in 2006 by Elsevier/Academic Press |
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Two columns to the page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Corn -- America -- History
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Corn -- Economic aspects -- America
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Agriculture, Prehistoric -- America
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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Agriculture, Prehistoric
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Corn
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Corn -- Economic aspects
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America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Staller, John E.
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Tykot, Robert H.
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Benz, Bruce F.
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| LC no. |
2006040228 |
| ISBN |
9781598747829 |
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1598747827 |
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9780123693648 |
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0123693640 |
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