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Under the Shade of Thipaak - by Michael D Carrasco & Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo & Mark A Bonta & Joshua D Englehardt (Hardcover)
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- Society for Ethnobotany Daniel F. Austin AwardThe important cultural role of an ancient, endangeredplant Underthe 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.
- Author(s): Michael D Carrasco & Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo & Mark A Bonta & Joshua D Englehardt
- 342 Pages
- Social Science, Anthropology
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About the Book
"Exploring the cultural role of cycads in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds, this volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present"--Book Synopsis
Society for Ethnobotany Daniel F. Austin AwardThe important cultural role of an ancient, endangered
plant Under
the Shade of Thipaak
is the first book to explore the cultural role of cycads, plants that evolved
over 250 million years ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancient
and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates how
these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals,
art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene
transition to the present.
Contributors discuss the
importance of cycads from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including
biology and population genetics, historical ecology, archaeology, art history,
linguistics, and conservation and sustainability. Chapters pay special
attention to the enduring conceptual relationships between cycads and maize.
This book demonstrates how a close examination of cycad-human relationships can
motivate conservation of these threatened plants in ways that engage local
communities, as well as promote the significance of ancient and modern
practices that unite nature and culture.
Contributors: Francisco Barona-Gómez Emanuel Bojorquez Quintal Mark A. Bonta Edder Daniel Bustos-Díaz Dánae Cabrera-Toledo Michael Calonje Michael D. Carrasco Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo Joshua D. Englehardt Jorge González-Astorga Naishla M. Gutiérrez-Arroyo José Saíd Gutiérrez-Ortega Thomas Hart Jaime R. Pagán-Jiménez Francisco Pérez-Zavala Luis Rojas Abarca Esteban Sánchez Rodríguez Dennis William Stevenson Amber M. VanDerwarker Luis R. Velázquez Maldonado Andrew P. Vovides
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .88 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Anthropology
Genre: Social Science
Number of Pages: 342
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Theme: Cultural & Social
Format: Hardcover
Author: Michael D Carrasco & Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo & Mark A Bonta & Joshua D Englehardt
Language: English
Street Date: August 30, 2022
TCIN: 1002298367
UPC: 9780813069364
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-3560
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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