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Description:The important cultural role of an ancient, endangeredplantUnderthe Shade of Thipaakis the first book to explore the cultural role of cycads, plants that evolvedover 250 million years ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancientand modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates howthese ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocenetransition to the present.Contributors discuss the importance of cycadsfrom a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including biology and populationgenetics, historical ecology, archaeology, art history, linguistics, andconservation and sustainability. Chapters pay special attention to the enduringconceptual relationships between cycads and maize. This book demonstrates how aclose examination of cycad-human relationships can motivate conservation of thesethreatened plants in ways that engage local communities, as well as promote thesignificance of ancient and modern practices that unite nature and culture.Contributors: Francisco Barona-G�mez Emanuel Bojorquez Quintal Mark A. Bonta Edder Daniel Bustos-D�az D�nae Cabrera-Toledo Michael Calonje Michael D. Carrasco Ang�lica Cibri�n-Jaramillo Joshua D. Englehardt Jorge Gonz�lez-Astorga Naishla M. Guti�rrez-Arroyo Jos� Sa�d Guti�rrez-Ortega Thomas Hart Jaime R. Pag�n-Jim�nez Francisco P�rez-Zavala Luis Rojas Abarca Esteban S�nchez Rodr�guez Dennis William Stevenson Amber M. VanDerwarker Luis R. Vel�zquez Maldonado Andrew P. VovidesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. To get started finding Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 342

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Release: 2022

ISBN: 0813070171

Description: The important cultural role of an ancient, endangeredplantUnderthe Shade of Thipaakis the first book to explore the cultural role of cycads, plants that evolvedover 250 million years ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancientand modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates howthese ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocenetransition to the present.Contributors discuss the importance of cycadsfrom a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including biology and populationgenetics, historical ecology, archaeology, art history, linguistics, andconservation and sustainability. Chapters pay special attention to the enduringconceptual relationships between cycads and maize. This book demonstrates how aclose examination of cycad-human relationships can motivate conservation of thesethreatened plants in ways that engage local communities, as well as promote thesignificance of ancient and modern practices that unite nature and culture.Contributors: Francisco Barona-G�mez Emanuel Bojorquez Quintal Mark A. Bonta Edder Daniel Bustos-D�az D�nae Cabrera-Toledo Michael Calonje Michael D. Carrasco Ang�lica Cibri�n-Jaramillo Joshua D. Englehardt Jorge Gonz�lez-Astorga Naishla M. Guti�rrez-Arroyo Jos� Sa�d Guti�rrez-Ortega Thomas Hart Jaime R. Pag�n-Jim�nez Francisco P�rez-Zavala Luis Rojas Abarca Esteban S�nchez Rodr�guez Dennis William Stevenson Amber M. VanDerwarker Luis R. Vel�zquez Maldonado Andrew P. VovidesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. To get started finding Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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