Maize for the Gods unearthing the 9,000-year history of corn 9780520276871, 9780520286962, 9780520961692, 0520276876, 0520286960
Maize is the world’s most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent e
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English Pages xii, 266 Seiten Illustrationen [281] Year 2015
Table of contents :
The archaeology of MaizeThe 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.
The archaeology of MaizeThe 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.
