Sacred giants: Depiction of Bombacoideae on Maya Ceramics in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize

Economic Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Zidar, Charles ^a   Elisens, Wayne ^b  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient Maya; Bombac; Bombacaceae; Bombacoideae; Bombacs; Ceiba; Malvaceae; Maya

Indexed keywords

BOMBACOIDEAE; CEIBA; CEIBA PENTANDRA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PACHIRA AQUATICA; PSEUDOBOMBAX ELLIPTICUM; QUARARIBEA FUNEBRIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 67650407421     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-009-9079-2     Document Type: Article

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