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Book Description: University of Chicago press. Book Condition: New. New, This item can not be shipped Internationl. Bookseller Inventory # 087480860X

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Book Description: University of Utah Press,U.S., United States, 2000. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Sixth. 227 x 154 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. "Alcohol in Ancient Mexico "reconstructs the variety and extent of distillation traditions in the ancient cultures of Mexico, describing in detail the various plants and processes used to make such beverages, their prevalence, and their significance for local culture.The art of distillation arrived in Mexico with the Spaniards in the sixteenth century. However, well before that time, native skills and available resources had contributed to a well-developed tradition of intoxicating beverages, many of which are still produced and consumed.In the 1930's Henry Bruman visited various Mexican and Central American Indian tribes to reconstruct the variety and extent of these ancient traditions. He discerned five distinct areas defined by the culturally most significant beverages, all superimposed over the great mescal wine region. Within these five areas he noted wine made from cactus, cactus fruit, cornstalks, and mesquite pods; beer from sprouted maize; and fermented sap from pulque agaves.Outside the mescal region he observed widespread consumption in the Yucatan of a wine made from fermented honey and balche bark, plus lesser-known beverages in other regions. He also observed the frequent inclusion in the fermentation process of alkaloid-bearing ingredients such as peyote and tobacco, plants whose roots or bark contain saponins--which act as cardiac poisons--and even poisons from certain toads."Alcohol in Ancient Mexico "also considers the relative absence of alcoholic drink in the southwestern United States, the introduction of sills following the Spanish conquest, and possible sources for the introduction of coconut wine.Previously unpublished, the research presented here retains its relevance today, and the photographs offer a fascinating glimpse at a traditional world that has now almost vanished. Bookseller Inventory # AAN9780874808605

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Book Description: University of Utah Press,U.S. Paperback / softback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Alcohol in Ancient Mexico, Henry J Bruman, Peter T Furst. Bookseller Inventory # B9780874808605

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Book Description: Univ of Utah Pr, 2000. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 158 pages. 8.93x6.06x0.48 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __087480860X

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