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.

Maize has been described as a primary catalyst to complex sociocultural development in the Americas. State of the art research on maize chronology, molecular biology, and stable carbon isotope research on ancient human diets have provided additional lines of evidence on the changing role of maize th...

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Contributors: Staller, John E., Tykot, Robert H., Benz, Bruce F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2009.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Histories of maize : genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence
  • pt. 2. Stable isotope analysis and human diet
  • pt. 3. Histories of maize : the spread of maize in Central and South America
  • pt. 4. Histories of maize : North America and northern Mexico
  • pt. 5. Histories of maize : the language of maize.