{"product_id":"chocolate-in-mesoamerica-9780813033822","title":"Chocolate in Mesoamerica","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrings together scholars in the fields of archaeology, history, art history, linguistics, epigraphy, botany, chemistry, and cultural anthropology to explore the domestication, preparation, representation, and significance of cacao in ancient and modern communities of the Americas, with a concentration on its use in Mesoamerica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A unique, extremely useful collection on chocolate use in Mesoamerica that sets a standard to follow in the expanding field of cultural food studies.\" —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eCambridge Archaeological Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Ethnopharmacology\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405760471383,"sku":"9780813033822","price":28.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813033822.jpg?v=1730493516","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chocolate-in-mesoamerica-9780813033822","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}