The Archaic Diet in Mesoamerica: Incentive for Milpa Development and Species Domestication;La Dieta Arcaica en Mesoamérica: Incentivo para el Desarrollo de la Milpa en Mesoamérica y para la Domesticación de Especies

Economic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-343

  Zizumbo Villarreal, Daniel ^a   Flores Silva, Alondra ^a   Colunga García Marín, Patricia ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave; Archaic diet; Capsicum; Cucurbita; domestication; foodways; Mesoamerica; milpa; Phaseolus; Zea

Indexed keywords

AGAVE; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA ARGYROSPERMA; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PERSEA AMERICANA; PHYSALIS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871719472     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-012-9212-5     Document Type: Article

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