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New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops /

"New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crop profiles nine plant species that were important contributors to human diets and medicinal uses in antiquity: maygrass, chenopod, marsh elder, agave, little barley, chia, arrowroot, little millet, and bitter vetch. Each chapter is written by a well-known s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Minnis, Paul E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crop profiles nine plant species that were important contributors to human diets and medicinal uses in antiquity: maygrass, chenopod, marsh elder, agave, little barley, chia, arrowroot, little millet, and bitter vetch. Each chapter is written by a well-known scholar, who illustrates the value of the ancient crop record to inform the present"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (281 pages): illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9780816544837