{"product_id":"chocolate-in-mesoamerica-a-cultural-history-of-cacao-maya-studies","title":"Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao (Maya Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0813033829\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e McNeil, Cameron L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award\"A triumph of four-field anthropology. Botany, archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, and a small bit of physical anthropology are seamlessly united. . . . Without integration of the fields, few or none of the interesting conclusions in this work could have been reached.\"--American Anthropologist\"Contains a watershed of interesting and exciting information. . . . For those with a serious interest in food history and foodways, it is an invaluable source of up-to-date information on one of the most beloved and revered foodstuffs in the Americas.\"--Austin Chronicle\"A unique, extremely useful collection on chocolate use in Mesoamerica that sets a standard to follow in the expanding field of cultural food studies.\"--Choice\"McNeil has here assembled an impressive stable of scholars to examine all aspects of cacao development and use in Mesoamerica from its discovery to its use by the modern Maya.\"--American Archaeology\"In this collection of 21 papers, the authors discuss the linguistic, chemical, agricultural, medicinal, economic and social aspects of the cacao plant, often in exhaustive detail.\"--Cambridge Archaeological Journal\"I highly recommend the book for specialists as well as for the general public interested in knowing more about cacao; the reading is not complicated and is presented from an anthropological perspective.\"--Journal of EthnopharmacologyA volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane and Arlen Chase.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49681247469808,"sku":"NEW0813033829","price":45.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/chocolate-in-mesoamerica-a-cultural-history-of-cacao-maya-studies","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}