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Maize: Origin, Domestication, and its Role in the Development of Culture - Hardcover

Bonavia, Duccio

 
9781107023031: Maize: Origin, Domestication, and its Role in the Development of Culture
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1107023033 ISBN 13: 9781107023031
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107023033
ISBN 13 
9781107023031
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
601