Maize for the Gods : unearthing the 9,000-year history of corn /

"Maize is the world's most productive food and industrial crop--grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. Maize for the Gods brings together new research by archaeologists, archaeobotanists, plant geneticists, and a host of other specialists as they trace t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blake, Michael, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Temas:
Corn > History.
Maïs > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Corn.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The archaeology of Maize
  • The place of Maize in (agri)cultural origin stories
  • Old puzzles and new questions about Maize's origins and spread
  • Timing is everything: dating Maize
  • Maize through a magnifying glass: macro-remains
  • Maize through a microscope: micro-remains
  • Elemental Maize: tracing Maize isotopically
  • Genetically modified Maize; the old way: by agriculture1
  • Daily tools and sacred symbols.

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