Reconstructing Ancient Maya Diet

Reconstructing Ancient Maya Diet White Christine D. Wydawca: University of Utah Press,U.S. Data wydania: 2012 ISBN: 9781607811800 Liczba stron: 288 Format: 180 x 253 x 20 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Integrates recent data from bone-chemistry research, paleopathology, paleobotany, zooarchaeology, and ethnobotany to show what the ancient Maya actually ate at various periods (as opposed to archaeological suppositions) and how it affected the quality of their lives. It is now evident that to feed a burgeoning population the Maya relied on increasingly intensive forms of agriculture.