The Paleobiolinguistics of Maize (Zea mays L.)

The Paleobiolinguistics of Maize (Zea mays L.)

Paleobiolinguistics is used to determine when and where maize (<em>Zea mays</em>) developed significance for different prehistoric groups of Native America. Dates and locations of proto-languages for which maize terms reconstruct generally accord with crop-origin and dispersal informatio...

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Main Authors: Cecil H. Brown, Charles R. Clement, Patience Epps, Eike Luedeling, Søren Wichmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Ethnobiology 2014-05-01
Series:Ethnobiology Letters
Subjects:
Archaeobotany
crop origins
historical linguistics
Native American Indians
paleobiolinguistics
plant domestication
plant genetics
Online Access:http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/130

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