The globalization of a ceremonial tree: The case of cacao (Theobroma cacao) among the Mopan Maya

Economic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-65

  Steinberg, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacao; Maya Gold; Mopan Maya; Organically grown

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036259573     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0058:TGOACT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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2. The sacred cacao groves of the Maya
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4. Death of the dance, cultural change and religious conversion among the Mopan Maya in Belize
5. Political ecology, cultural change, and their impact on swidden-fallow agroforestry practices among the Mopan Maya in southern Belize
6. Maize diversity and cultural change in a Maya agroecological landscape