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

Parallelsachtitel: Unearthing the 9,000-year history of corn
1. Verfasser: Blake, Michael, 1953- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015].
Umfang/Format: 280 p. : ill.
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Maize for the Gods : unearthing the 9,000-year history of corn. [Print]
Online Zugang: Online available (Ebook Central)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.