The History and Origin of Maize
Author | : Major Mereland Goodman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Major Mereland Goodman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael Blake |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2015-08-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520276876 |
Maize is the worldÕs most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by some catastrophe maize were to disappear from our food supply chain, vast numbers of people would starve and global economies would rapidly collapse. How did we come to be so dependent on this one plant? Maize for the Gods brings together new research by archaeologists, archaeobotanists, plant geneticists, and a host of other specialists to explore the complex ways that this single plant and the peoples who domesticated it came to be inextricably entangled with one another over the past nine millennia. Tracing maize from its first appearance and domestication in ancient campsites and settlements in Mexico to its intercontinental journey through most of North and South America, this history also tells the story of the artistic creativity, technological prowess, and social, political, and economic resilience of AmericaÕs first peoples.
Author | : Duccio Bonavia |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 605 |
Release | : 2013-05-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107023033 |
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.
Author | : John Staller |
Publisher | : Left Coast Press |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2006-05-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1598744623 |
Histories of Maize is the most comprehensive reference source on the botanical, genetic, archaeological, and anthropological aspects of ancient maize published to date.
Author | : National Academy of Sciences |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.
Author | : Cynthia Clampitt |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2015-02-28 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 0252096878 |
Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.
Author | : John Staller |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 2016-06-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1315427273 |
This volume reprints 20 chapters from the editors’ comprehensive Histories of Maize (2006) that are relevant to Mesoamerican specialists and students. New findings and interpretations from the past three years have been included. Histories of Maize is the most comprehensive reference source on the botanical, genetic, archaeological, and anthropological aspects of ancient maize published. Included in this abridged volume are new introductory and concluding chapters and updated material on isotopic research. State of the art research on maize chronology, molecular biology, and stable carbon isotope research on ancient human diets have provided additional lines of evidence on the changing role of maize through time and space and its spread throughout the Americas. The multidisciplinary evidence from the social and biological sciences presented in this volume have generated a much more complex picture of the economic, political, and religious significance of maize.
Author | : Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Corn |
ISBN | : |
Botanical relationships of maize; Previous evidence on the origin of maize; Previous theories on the origin of maize; New evidence from cytogenetic studies; The origin of teosinte; The origin of maize; The origin of tripsacum; Theoretical phylogeny of the american maydeae; Relationship of the american maydeae to the antropogoneae; Maize in relation to culture and civilization.
Author | : Cesar Palting Madamba |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeffrey Bennetzen |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2018-11-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319974270 |
This book discusses advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the maize genome since publication of the original B73 reference genome in 2009, and the progress in translating this knowledge into basic biology and trait improvement. Maize is an extremely important crop, providing a large proportion of the world’s human caloric intake and animal feed, and serving as a model species for basic and applied research. The exceptionally high level of genetic diversity within maize presents opportunities and challenges in all aspects of maize genetics, from sequencing and genotyping to linking genotypes to phenotypes. Topics covered in this timely book range from (i) genome sequencing and genotyping techniques, (ii) genome features such as centromeres and epigenetic regulation, (iii) tools and resources available for trait genomics, to (iv) applications of allele mining and genomics-assisted breeding. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in maize genetics and genomics.