By John Staller

ISBN-10: 3642045057

ISBN-13: 9783642045059

ISBN-10: 3642424198

ISBN-13: 9783642424199

Our perceptions and conceptions in regards to the roles and value of maize to historical economies is basically a made from clinical learn at the plant itself, built for the main half out of botanical examine, and its contemporary position as some of the most very important fiscal staples on the planet. Anthropological study within the early a part of the final century dependent principally upon the old particularistic method of the Boasian culture supplied the 1st facts that challenged the assumptions in regards to the monetary significance of maize to sociocultural advancements for students of prehistory. next ethnobotanic and archaeological experiences confirmed that the function of maize between local American cultures was once even more advanced than simply as a nutrition staple.


In Maize Cobs and Cultures, John Staller offers a survey of the ethnohistory and the medical, botanical and organic examine of maize, complemented by means of experiences at the ethnobotanic, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodologies.

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