Maize

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

Bibliographic Data

ID23497624
AuthorsDuccio Bonavia (corresponding author)
Year2013
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMaize (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139149433
OpenAlexW589282971
ISBN9781139149433
Open LibraryOL34487616M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

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.

Adaptation (eye) · Agronomy · archaeobotany · Archaeology · Biological dispersal · Biology · Climate change adaptation · crop domestication · crop evolution · Domestication · Genealogy · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · maize · Population · pre-Columbian agriculture · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Zea mays · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Demography · Ecology · History · Latin American history and culture · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy