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Under the Shade of Thipaak - The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean (Hardcover)
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Under the Shade of Thipaak - The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean (Hardcover)
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Under the Shade of Thipaak is the first book to explore the
cultural role of cycads, plants that evolved over 250 million years
ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancient and modern
Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates how
these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional
mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the
Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present. Contributors
discuss the importance of cycads from a variety of disciplinary
perspectives, including biology and population genetics, historical
ecology, archaeology, art history, linguistics, and conservation
and sustainability. Chapters pay special attention to the enduring
conceptual relationships between cycads and maize. This book
demonstrates how a close examination of cycad-human relationships
can motivate conservation of these threatened plants in ways that
engage local communities, as well as promote the significance of
ancient and modern practices that unite nature and culture.
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