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Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
Explores 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 plants have figured prominently in mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present.
362 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 30, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9780813069364 |
| Publishers | University Press of Florida |
| Pages | 342 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 165 × 28 mm · 710 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Bonta, Mark A. |
| Editor | Carrasco, Michael D. |
| Editor | Cibrian-Jaramillo, Angelica |
| Editor | Englehardt, Joshua D. |