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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808824103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2022

ISBN

0-8130-7017-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 pages)

Classificazione

SOC002010SOC003000

Disciplina

635.9359

Soggetti

Cycads - Caribbean Area - History

Cycads - Central America - History

Ethnoecology - Caribbean Area - History

Ethnoecology - Central America - History

Ethnoecology - Mexico - History

Indians of Mexico - Agriculture - History

Indigenous people of Mexico - Agriculture - History

Indians of North America - Agriculture - Caribbean Area - History

Indigenous people - Agriculture - Caribbean Area - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--