Histories of Maize in Mesoamerica Multidisciplinary Approaches

Introduction to the Histories of Maize in Mesoamerica, John E. Staller; Part 1 Histories of Maize:; Chapter 1 Differing Approaches and Perceptions in the Study of New and Old World Crops, Terence A. Brown; Chapter 2 Maize in the Americas, Bruce F. Benz; Chapter 3 Ancient DNA and the Integration of Archaeological and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Maize Domestication, Viviane R. Jaenicke-Després, Bruce D. Smith; Chapter 4 Dating the Initial Spread of Zea mays, Michael Blake; Chapter 5 Toward a Biologically Based Method of Phytolith Classification, Greg Laden; Part II Histories of Maize:; Chapter 6 Early Agriculture in Chihuahua, Mexico, Robert J. Hard, A. C. Macwilliams, John R. Roney, Karen R. Adams, William L. Merrill; Chapter 7 El Riego and Early Maize Agricultural Evolution, Bruce F. Benz, Li Cheng, Steven W. Leavitt, Chris Eastoe; Chapter 8 The Maize Revolution, Robert A. Dull; Chapter 9 Pre-Columbian Maize Agriculture in Costa Rica, Sally P. Horn; Chapter 10 Caribbean Maize, Lee A. Newsom; Part III Histories of Maize:; Chapter 11 Isotope Analysis and the Histories of Maize; Chapter 12 Social Directions in the Isotopic Anthropology of Maize in the Maya Region, Christine D. White, Fred J. Longstaffe, Henry P. Schwarcz; Chapter 13 Early to Terminal Classic Maya Diet in the Northern Lowlands of the Yucatán (Mexico), Eugenia Brown Mansell, Robert H. Tykot, David A. Freidel, Bruce H. Dahlin, Traci Ardren; Chapter 14 Diet in Prehistoric Soconusco, Brian Chisholm, Blake Michael; Chapter 15 Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis and Human Diet in Mesoamerica: A Synthesis, Henry P. Schwachz; Part IV Histories of Maize; Chapter 16 Thipaak and the Origins of Maize in Northern Mesoamerica, Janis B. Alcorn, Barbara Edmonson, HernÁndez Vidales CÁndido; Chapter 17 Maize in Word and Image in Southeastern Mesoamerica, Stross Brian; Chapter 18 The Place of Maize in Indigenous Mesoamerican Folk Taxonomies, Nicholas A. Hopkins; Chapter 19 The Historical Linguistics of Maize Cultivation in Mesoamerica and North America, Jane H. Hill; Chapter 20 Glottochronology and the Chronology of Maize in the Americas, Cecil H. Brown; Chapter 21 The Antiquity, Biogeography and Culture History of Maize in Mesoamerica, F. Benz Bruce, John E. Staller;

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Edited by Staller, John; Tykot, Robert; Benz, Bruce

"This book is the most comprehensive resource on the pre-histories of maize currently available. ..an important, timely, and valuable volume.mandatory reading for any researcher seriously interested in the histories of the extraordinary crop called maize. " American Antiquity

"Histories of Maize is... certain to be the definitive source on the subject for a generation." Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara

"An absolute must for all serious researchers of this dynamic crop as well as students of New World Prehistory and the interested layperson." Catherine S. Fowler, Foundation Professor of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno

"It will be a key reference for biologists, anthropologists, and many others for decades to come." Gayle J. Fritz, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

"Because this volume covers so many aspects of the evolution, dispersal and historical uses of maize, it is destined to be widely consulted by scholars and students alike." -Journal of Ethnobiology