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Foreword
Introduction. Elucidating Human-Cycad Relationships in the Indigenous Ethnoecological and Agroecological Systems of the Americas and Beyond
Michael D. Carrasco, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Mark A. Bonta, and Joshua D. Englehardt
Chapter 1. An Overview of Cycadales in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean: Biology, Distribution, and Conservation
Michael Calonje, Andrew P. Vovides, and José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega
Chapter 2. Cycad Population Genetics in Mexico and the Caribbean
Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Francisco Pérez-Zavala, Naishla M. Gutiérrez-Arroyo, Dánae Cabrera-Toledo, Jorge González-Astorga, and Joshua D. Englehardt
Chapter 3. Zamia in the Insular Caribbean: New Insights into the Historical Ecology of an Ancient Wild Food Plant
Jaime R. Pagán-Jiménez
Chapter 4. Ancient Mesoamerican Agricultural Strategies: The Role of Cycads and Phaseolus Beans in the Development of Intensive Field Cultivation Systems
Amber M. VanDerwarker
Chapter 5. The Archaeology of Cycad Use in Ancient Mesoamerica: Old Data, New Methods
Joshua D. Englehardt, Edder D. Bustos-Díaz, Emanuel Bojórquez Quintal, Luis Rojas Abarca, Luis R. Velázquez Maldonado, Esteban Sánchez Rodríguez, and Francisco Barona-Gómez
Chapter 6. The Maize God Revisited: Iconology of Cycads, Maize, and Fertility Deities in Mesoamerican Art
Michael D. Carrasco
Chapter 7. Tracking Teosinte across Mexico and Northern Central America
Mark A. Bonta
Chapter 8. The Sacred-Maize-Ancestor Concept: An Ethnographic Perspective
Mark A. Bonta
Epilogue: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going?
Dennis William Stevenson
References Cited
List of Contributors
Index
