Duccio Bonavia

Maize (eBook, PDF)

Origin, Domestication, and its Role in the Development of Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific techniques, Duccio Bonavia explores the development of maize, its adaptation to varying climates and its fundamental role in ancient American cultures. An appendix (by Alexander Grobman) provides the first-ever comprehensive compilation of maize genetic data, correlating this data with the archaeological evidence presented throughout the book. This book provides a unique interpretation of questions of dating and evolution, supported by extensive data, following the spread of maize from South to North America and eventually to Europe and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139603775
• Artikelnr.: 52952405

Autorenporträt

Duccio Bonavia held professorships at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanga (Ayacucho) and at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima), before he retired in 2005. He served as the Assistant Director of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Antropología de Lima and has written fourteen books, including Peru: Hombre e Historia, Mural Paintings in Ancient Peru and The South American Camelids.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The maize problematic
2. Maize as seen by Europeans
3. The origin of maize
4. The domestication of maize
5. The archaeological evidence
6. The role of maize in Andean culture
7. Maize as seen by the first Europeans
8. The dispersal of maize around the world
9. Chica
10. Discussion and conclusions
Appendix Alexander Grobman.