Histories of maize : multidisciplinary approaches to the prehistory, linguistics, biogeography, domestication, and evolution of maize / / edited by John E. Staller, Robert H. Tykot, Bruce F. Benz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (706 p.) |
Disciplina | 574.87328 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BenzBruce F
StallerJohn E TykotRobert H |
Soggetto topico |
Maize chronology
Molecular biology -- Miscellanea Molecular biology Sociocultural development |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-42733-8
1-59874-782-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Table of Contents; Contributors; An Introduction to the Histories of Maize; Part I: Histories of Maize: Genetic, Morphological, and Microbotanical Evidence; 1: Differing Approaches and Perceptions in the Study of New and Old World Crops; Introduction; Different Emphases in New and Old World Agriculture; Reasons for the Difference in Emphasis; Outcomes of the Difference in Emphasis; Different Perceptions of the Role of Science; 2: Maize in the Americas; Purpose and Scope of Review; Introduction; Genetic Evidence of Teosinte Domestication; Genetic Evidence of Population Manipulation
Archaeological-Macrobotanical-Evidence of Teosinte Domestication and Maize AgriculturePollen Evidence for Use of Zea and Climate Change and Phytoliths Document Neotropical Plant Domestication; Juxtaposing the Archaeological and Genetic Evidence for Early Maize; 3: Origin of Polystichy in Maize; Abstract; Introduction: The Origin of Maize; The Maizoid Eve- An Emphatic Restatement; The Maizoid Eve Concept Is Useful and Should Not Be Rejected; First for Sugar, Then for Grain: Reflections on Corn Domestication Chronology The Cupulate Fruitcase and the Ear Cluster: Adaptive Marvels of Coordinated Sequential MaturationThe Origin of Polystichy in Maize; An Abbreviated History; The "Twisted Cob Hypothesis" of Collins: Its Merits and Follies; What Happened After Tga 1 Caused the Maizoid Revolution?; Collins' Figure, With All of Its Faults, Is a Classic Illustration; The Origin of Polystichy in Maize: The "Second Bifurcation"-A Reappraisal; The Shank and Its Husks - The Key to Maize Ear Polystichy; Maize Polystichy-With Its Roots in the Shank to Its Glory in the Ear On the Inexcusable Neglect of the Shank and Its HusksA Note on Twisting, and the Basic Bilateral Dorsiventrality of Zea; Edgar Anderson and the Shank-The Story of an Unconsummated Love Affair; The Condensation in the Maize Shank and Its Husks and Preconceived Notions; From Teosinte Distichy to Maizoid Polystichy: Or How to Study Husk Phyllotaxy in Nine Easy Steps; Iltis and His Gigantic Footnote; S. G. Stephens and the Shank Condensation Theory - Sharp-Eyed, Unsung, Uncited, and Unequivocally Correct; Postscript; 4: Dating the Initial Spread of Zea mays; Introduction Temporal Frameworks for Zea Mays' Early DispersalDirect Dating of Maize; On the Indirect Dating of Maize; Dating the Early Distribution of Zea Pollen; Dating the Early Distribution of Maize Phytoliths; Dating the Early Distribution of Moderate-to-High Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios; Comparing the Different Lines of Evidence; Discussion of the Social Implications of Maize's Early Spread: Initial Uses of Maize; 5: El Riego and Early Maize Agricultural Evolution; Introduction; Domestication and Agriculture; Methods; Results: Calibrating and Averaging AMS Dates Results: Morphological Trends and Rates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457174603321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Histories of maize : multidisciplinary approaches to the prehistory, linguistics, biogeography, domestication, and evolution of maize / / edited by John E. Staller, Robert H. Tykot, Bruce F. Benz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (706 p.) |
Disciplina | 574.87328 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BenzBruce F
StallerJohn E TykotRobert H |
Soggetto topico |
Maize chronology
Molecular biology -- Miscellanea Molecular biology Sociocultural development |
ISBN |
1-315-42733-8
1-59874-782-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Table of Contents; Contributors; An Introduction to the Histories of Maize; Part I: Histories of Maize: Genetic, Morphological, and Microbotanical Evidence; 1: Differing Approaches and Perceptions in the Study of New and Old World Crops; Introduction; Different Emphases in New and Old World Agriculture; Reasons for the Difference in Emphasis; Outcomes of the Difference in Emphasis; Different Perceptions of the Role of Science; 2: Maize in the Americas; Purpose and Scope of Review; Introduction; Genetic Evidence of Teosinte Domestication; Genetic Evidence of Population Manipulation
Archaeological-Macrobotanical-Evidence of Teosinte Domestication and Maize AgriculturePollen Evidence for Use of Zea and Climate Change and Phytoliths Document Neotropical Plant Domestication; Juxtaposing the Archaeological and Genetic Evidence for Early Maize; 3: Origin of Polystichy in Maize; Abstract; Introduction: The Origin of Maize; The Maizoid Eve- An Emphatic Restatement; The Maizoid Eve Concept Is Useful and Should Not Be Rejected; First for Sugar, Then for Grain: Reflections on Corn Domestication Chronology The Cupulate Fruitcase and the Ear Cluster: Adaptive Marvels of Coordinated Sequential MaturationThe Origin of Polystichy in Maize; An Abbreviated History; The "Twisted Cob Hypothesis" of Collins: Its Merits and Follies; What Happened After Tga 1 Caused the Maizoid Revolution?; Collins' Figure, With All of Its Faults, Is a Classic Illustration; The Origin of Polystichy in Maize: The "Second Bifurcation"-A Reappraisal; The Shank and Its Husks - The Key to Maize Ear Polystichy; Maize Polystichy-With Its Roots in the Shank to Its Glory in the Ear On the Inexcusable Neglect of the Shank and Its HusksA Note on Twisting, and the Basic Bilateral Dorsiventrality of Zea; Edgar Anderson and the Shank-The Story of an Unconsummated Love Affair; The Condensation in the Maize Shank and Its Husks and Preconceived Notions; From Teosinte Distichy to Maizoid Polystichy: Or How to Study Husk Phyllotaxy in Nine Easy Steps; Iltis and His Gigantic Footnote; S. G. Stephens and the Shank Condensation Theory - Sharp-Eyed, Unsung, Uncited, and Unequivocally Correct; Postscript; 4: Dating the Initial Spread of Zea mays; Introduction Temporal Frameworks for Zea Mays' Early DispersalDirect Dating of Maize; On the Indirect Dating of Maize; Dating the Early Distribution of Zea Pollen; Dating the Early Distribution of Maize Phytoliths; Dating the Early Distribution of Moderate-to-High Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios; Comparing the Different Lines of Evidence; Discussion of the Social Implications of Maize's Early Spread: Initial Uses of Maize; 5: El Riego and Early Maize Agricultural Evolution; Introduction; Domestication and Agriculture; Methods; Results: Calibrating and Averaging AMS Dates Results: Morphological Trends and Rates The movements of maize into middle horizon Tiwanaku, Bolivia / Christine A. Hastorf, William T. Whitehead, Maria C. Bruno, Melanie Wright. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778928203321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Histories of maize : multidisciplinary approaches to the prehistory, linguistics, biogeography, domestication, and evolution of maize / / edited by John E. Staller, Robert H. Tykot, Bruce F. Benz |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (706 p.) |
Disciplina | 574.87328 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BenzBruce F
StallerJohn E TykotRobert H |
Soggetto topico |
Maize chronology
Molecular biology -- Miscellanea Molecular biology Sociocultural development |
ISBN |
1-315-42733-8
1-59874-782-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Table of Contents; Contributors; An Introduction to the Histories of Maize; Part I: Histories of Maize: Genetic, Morphological, and Microbotanical Evidence; 1: Differing Approaches and Perceptions in the Study of New and Old World Crops; Introduction; Different Emphases in New and Old World Agriculture; Reasons for the Difference in Emphasis; Outcomes of the Difference in Emphasis; Different Perceptions of the Role of Science; 2: Maize in the Americas; Purpose and Scope of Review; Introduction; Genetic Evidence of Teosinte Domestication; Genetic Evidence of Population Manipulation
Archaeological-Macrobotanical-Evidence of Teosinte Domestication and Maize AgriculturePollen Evidence for Use of Zea and Climate Change and Phytoliths Document Neotropical Plant Domestication; Juxtaposing the Archaeological and Genetic Evidence for Early Maize; 3: Origin of Polystichy in Maize; Abstract; Introduction: The Origin of Maize; The Maizoid Eve- An Emphatic Restatement; The Maizoid Eve Concept Is Useful and Should Not Be Rejected; First for Sugar, Then for Grain: Reflections on Corn Domestication Chronology The Cupulate Fruitcase and the Ear Cluster: Adaptive Marvels of Coordinated Sequential MaturationThe Origin of Polystichy in Maize; An Abbreviated History; The "Twisted Cob Hypothesis" of Collins: Its Merits and Follies; What Happened After Tga 1 Caused the Maizoid Revolution?; Collins' Figure, With All of Its Faults, Is a Classic Illustration; The Origin of Polystichy in Maize: The "Second Bifurcation"-A Reappraisal; The Shank and Its Husks - The Key to Maize Ear Polystichy; Maize Polystichy-With Its Roots in the Shank to Its Glory in the Ear On the Inexcusable Neglect of the Shank and Its HusksA Note on Twisting, and the Basic Bilateral Dorsiventrality of Zea; Edgar Anderson and the Shank-The Story of an Unconsummated Love Affair; The Condensation in the Maize Shank and Its Husks and Preconceived Notions; From Teosinte Distichy to Maizoid Polystichy: Or How to Study Husk Phyllotaxy in Nine Easy Steps; Iltis and His Gigantic Footnote; S. G. Stephens and the Shank Condensation Theory - Sharp-Eyed, Unsung, Uncited, and Unequivocally Correct; Postscript; 4: Dating the Initial Spread of Zea mays; Introduction Temporal Frameworks for Zea Mays' Early DispersalDirect Dating of Maize; On the Indirect Dating of Maize; Dating the Early Distribution of Zea Pollen; Dating the Early Distribution of Maize Phytoliths; Dating the Early Distribution of Moderate-to-High Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios; Comparing the Different Lines of Evidence; Discussion of the Social Implications of Maize's Early Spread: Initial Uses of Maize; 5: El Riego and Early Maize Agricultural Evolution; Introduction; Domestication and Agriculture; Methods; Results: Calibrating and Averaging AMS Dates Results: Morphological Trends and Rates The movements of maize into middle horizon Tiwanaku, Bolivia / Christine A. Hastorf, William T. Whitehead, Maria C. Bruno, Melanie Wright. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818165903321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin [[electronic resource] /] / John Edward Staller, editor |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : Springer, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2452098 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StallerJohn E |
Soggetto topico |
Indian mythology - Latin America
Landscape archaeology - Latin America Indians - Antiquities Indians - Religion Indians - Social life and customs Sacred space - Latin America Creation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-24232-2
9786611242329 0-387-76910-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller -- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz -- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle -- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofradía ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson -- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse -- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in Íví / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss -- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller -- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.] -- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451352103321 |
New York, NY, : Springer, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin [[electronic resource] /] / John Edward Staller, editor |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : Springer, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2452098 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StallerJohn E |
Soggetto topico |
Indian mythology - Latin America
Landscape archaeology - Latin America Indians - Antiquities Indians - Religion Indians - Social life and customs Sacred space - Latin America Creation |
ISBN |
1-281-24232-2
9786611242329 0-387-76910-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller -- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz -- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle -- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofradía ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson -- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse -- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in Íví / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss -- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller -- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.] -- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784849003321 |
New York, NY, : Springer, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / / John Edward Staller, editor |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : Springer, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2452098 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StallerJohn E |
Soggetto topico |
Indian mythology - Latin America
Landscape archaeology - Latin America Indians - Antiquities Indians - Religion Indians - Social life and customs Sacred space - Latin America Creation |
ISBN |
1-281-24232-2
9786611242329 0-387-76910-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller -- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz -- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle -- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofradia ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson -- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse -- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in Ivi / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss -- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller -- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.] -- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820549103321 |
New York, NY, : Springer, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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