Corn and culture in the prehistoric New World /
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| Imprint: | Boulder : Westview Press, 1994. |
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| Description: | xvii, 623 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications in anthropology / University of Minnesota ; no. 5 Publications in anthropology (Minneapolis, Minn.) no. 5. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1282498 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Contributors
- Introduction
- Introduction to Part 1
- Part 1. Methods
- 1. Manual for the Measurement of Maize Cobs
- 2. Can Prehistoric Racial Diversification Be Deciphered from Burned Corn Cobs?
- 3. Variability in Cob and Kernel Characteristics of North American Maize Cultivars
- 4. Interpreting Carbon Stable Isotope Ratios
- 5. A Chemical Method of Identifying Charred Plant Remains Using Infra-Red Spectroscopy
- Part 2. Evolutionary Relationships
- Introduction to Part 2
- 6. Sex Expression and Sequencing During the Origin and Improvement of Maize
- 7. Racial Sampling and Identification in Maize: Quantitative Genetic Variation Versus Environmental Effects
- 8. Morphology, Molecules, and Maize
- 9. Molecular Characterization of Ancient Maize: Potentials and Pitfalls
- Introduction to Part 3
- Part 3. Variations in Time and Space
- 10. Modern Variability and Patterns of Maize Movement in Mesoamerica
- 11. Reconstructing the Racial Phylogeny of Mexican Maize: Where Do We Stand?
- 12. Evidence of Maize Use at Early and Middle Preclassic La Venta Olmec Sites
- 13. Zea Mays in the West Indies: the Archaeological and Early Historic Record
- 14. Variation in Modern Andean Maize and Its Implications for Prehistoric Patterns
- 15. Issues in the Analysis and Interpretation of Archaeological Maize in South America
- 16. A Regional Synthesis of Zea Mays in the Prehistoric American Southwest
- 17. Maize on the Middle Pecos River: an Analysis of Cobs from the Henderson Pueblo
- 18. Corn and Culture History in the Central Plains
- 19. Corn in Eastern Woodlands Late Prehistory
- 20. Variability in Late Prehistoric Corn from the Lower Southeast
- 21. The Advent of Prehistoric Maize in New England
- Introduction to Part 4
- Part 4. Cultural Meanings
- 22. Corn for the Dead: the Significance of Zea Mays in Moche Burial Offerings
- 23. The Social Context of Early Maize in the Mid-Ohio Valley
- 24. Becoming Corn-Eaters in Prehistoric America
- 25. Corn, Beans, and Squash: Some Linguistic Perspectives from Uto-Aztecan
- 26. Maize in Middle American and Southwestern United States Agricultural Traditions
- 27. Corn is Our Mother
- 28. Some Cultural Meanings of Corn in Aboriginal North America
- Bibliography