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Maize Cobs and Cultures: History of Zea mays L. History of Zea Mays L

:	John Staller
:	Maize Cobs and Cultures: History of Zea mays L. History of Zea Mays L
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783642045066
:	1
:	CHF 89.50
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:	Altertum
:	English

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Our perceptions and conceptions regarding the roles and importance of maize to ancient economies is largely a product of scientific research on the plant itself, developed for the most part out of botanical research, and its recent role as one of the most important economic staples in the world. Anthropological research in the early part of the last century based largely upon the historical particularistic approach of the Boasian tradition provided the first evidence that challenged the assumptions about the economic importance of maize to sociocultural developments for scholars of prehistory. Subsequent ethnobotanic and archaeological studies showed that the role of maize among Native American cultures was much more complex than just as a food staple.

In Maize Cobs and Cultures, John Staller provides a survey of the ethnohistory and the scientific, botanical and biological research of maize, complemented by reviews on the ethnobotanic, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodologies.

	115845_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnLinePDF	1
	115845_1_En_1_Chapter_OnLinePDF	8
	Chapter 1: An Introduction to Maize Cobs and Cultures	8
	115845_1_En_2_Chapter_OnLinePDF	14
	Chapter 2: Ethnohistory: Impressions and Perceptions of Maize	14
	Ethnohistoric and Ethnographic Perceptions of Maize	14
	Consequences of Conquest and Empire	16
	Western Perceptions of New World Cultures	19
	Using Sixteenth Century Accounts	21
	Early Pre-Linnaean Botanicals	25
	Earliest Sixteenth Century Accounts	27
	Central America and Mexico	39
	Sixteenth Century Agriculture and Plant Cultivation in Mesoamerica	43
	Maize and the Chontal Maya	48
	Storage and Redistribution: Mesoamerican Accounts	50
	First Impressions of Andean Civilization	52
	Storage, Tribute, and Redistribution in the Andes	58
	Maize and Andean Political Economy	62
	Maize and Ancient Religion	65
	Maize and Religious Uses and Rites	69
	Maize: Religious Significance to Mesoamerican Civilization	73
	Early Accounts on Maize Alcohol Consumption	77
	Maize Beer and Pulque in Mesoamerica	78
	Maize Beer in Ritual and Religion in the Andes	81
	Maize Ethnohistory: Summary and Conclusions	87
	115845_1_En_3_Chapter_OnLinePDF	91
	Chapter 3: Scientific, Botanical, and Biological Research on Maize	91
	Introduction on a History of Science on Maize	91
	Comparing and Contrasting Old and New World Approaches	92
	Research on the Rise of Early Agriculture	96
	Archaeological, Botanical, and Biological Research on Maize Origins	99
	Early Botanical and Biological Research on the Origins of Maize	100
	Historical Interface of Biological and Archaeological Maize Research	106
	Teosinte and the Search for the Origin of Maize	111
	Approaches to Finding Wild Maize	119
	Pod Corn as Wild Maize	120
	Teosinte as a Progenitor of Maize	123
	Maize: Morphological, Biological, Genetic, and Taxonomic Approaches	125
	Perennial Teosinte and a Reconsideration of the Tripartite Hypothesis	128
	Maize Antiquity and 14C and AMS Chronologies	129
	Phylogenetic Considerations	134
	Early Research on Maize Landraces and their Classification	137
	Maize Landraces in the Americas	140
	Maize Landraces and Colonial Bioprospecting	143
	Morphological versus Genetic Maize Landraces	146
	Genetic Research and Paradigm Shifts	149
	115845_1_En_4_Chapter_OnLinePDF	154
	Chapter 4: Ethnobotanic, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Methodologies	154
	Methodological and Technological Breakthroughs	154
	Comparing Research on Old and New World Ancient Economies	154
	Paleoethnobotany: Methodological Approaches to Domestication	160
	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Domestication, Agriculture, and Adaptation	164
	Plant Domestication and Cultivation	172
	Approaches to Domestication and Cultivation in the Tehuacán Valley	178
	Approaches to Domestication and Cultivation in Oaxaca	184
	Ethnobotanical Approaches to Early Agriculture and Biogeography	189
	Classes of Ethnobotanical Evidence	192
	Pollen Analysis and the Spread of Early Cultigens	193
	Phytolith Analysis and Maize Biogeography	197
	Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Analysis of Phytolith Assemblages	202
	Ethnobotanic Approaches to the Origins of Maize: Central Balsas	203
	Isotope Analysis, Paleodiet, and Geochemical Approaches	207
	Multidisciplinary Approaches to Maize Biogeography	210
	Ethnobotanic and Isotopic Research at La Emerenciana	216
	Advantages to Multidisciplinary Approaches	224
	115845_1_En_BookBackmatter_OnLinePDF	229
	: Index	260