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    The Food System during the Formative Period in West Mesoamerica1

    The Food System during the Formative Period in West Mesoamerica. How was the food system structured in West Mesoamerica during the Formative Period (2400 B.C.E.–100 C.E.)? The answer is important...

    Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Alondra Flores-Silva… in Economic Botany (2014)

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    Coconuts in the Americas

    It has been clearly established that the Portuguese introduced coconuts to the Cape Verde islands in 1499, and these supplied the Atlantic coasts and the Caribbean in the 1500s. By contrast, early 16th century...

    Charles R. Clement, Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Cecil H. Brown… in The Botanical Review (2013)

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    The Archaic Diet in Mesoamerica: Incentive for Milpa Development and Species Domestication

    The Archaic Diet in Mesoamerica: Incentive for Milpa Development and Species Domestication. One of the central questions in the development of Mesoamerican civilization is how the alimentary, agr...

    Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Alondra Flores-Silva… in Economic Botany (2012)

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    Earth Ovens (Píib) in the Maya Lowlands: Ethnobotanical Data Supporting Early Use

    Earth Ovens ( Píib ) in the Maya Lowlands: Ethnobotanical Data Supporting Early Use. Earth oven cooking is very important among the Yucatec Maya. It is used for da...

    Carmen Salazar, Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Stephen B. Brush… in Economic Botany (2012)

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    Distillation in Western Mesoamerica before European Contact

    Distillation in Western Mesoamerica before European Contact. Fermented beverages are almost universal among ancient human societies. Ethanol is an analgesic, disinfectant, and mind-alteri...

    Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Fernando González-Zozaya… in Economic Botany (2009)

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    Archaeological Evidence of the Cultural Importance of Agave spp. in Pre-Hispanic Colima, Mexico

    Archaeological Evidence of the Cultural Importance of Agave spp . in Pre-Hispanic Colima, Mexico. Production of agave-based food and fermen...

    Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Fernando González-Zozaya… in Economic Botany (2009)

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    In situ diversity and maintanenace of traditional Agave landraces used in spirits production in West-Central Mexico

    Extensive monovarietal cultivation of Age tequilana Weber var. azul is threatening the diversity of the germplasm used in traditional Agave spirits production in west-central Mexico. To promote the preservation, ...

    Ofelia Vargas-Ponce, Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal… in Economic Botany (2007)

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    Domestication of plants in Maya Lowlands

    The Lowland Mayan culture has been one of the most successful in Mesoamerica. Being an agricultural society, part of their success was based on plant genetic resources which satisfied their needs of social rep...

    Patricia Colunga-GarcíaMarín, Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal in Economic Botany (2004)

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    Intraspecific diversity and morpho-phenological Variation inPhaseolus lunatus L. from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    The genetic diversity ofP. lunatus in the Yucatan Peninsula was assessed on the basis of its morphological and phenological characters. Our results were then discussed in relation to ethnobotanic information obta...

    Jaime Martínez-Castillo, Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Hugo Perales-Rivera… in Economic Botany (2004)

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    Re-Evaluation of early observations on coconut in the New World

    Oviedo’s sixteenth century reports from the New World, relating the characteristics, uses, cultivation and geographical distribution Cocos nucifera, are analyzed in terms of their veracity and implications for...

    Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Hermilo J. Quero in Economic Botany (1998)