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Plants of the Petén Itza' Maya: Plantas de los maya itza' del Petén

Scott Atran, Ximena Lois and Edilberto Ucan Ek'
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The Itza' Maya of the Petén in Guatemala preside over a unique rainforest biosphere in danger of disappearing. Equally at risk is their own botanical knowledge, from taxonomy to medicinal uses. This volume contains a history of the Petén Itza' Maya; explanation of Itza' taxonomy; tables and keys to plant usage; common names in English, Spanish, and several indigenous languages; and much more.
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1
    • The Last Maya of Tikal
    • Los ultimos mayas de Tikal
  • Part 2
    • Historical Documents-Documentos historicos, see ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Part 3
    • Plants of the Peten Itza' Maya in Use since the Spanish Conquest
    • Key to Tables 1 and 2
    • Table 1. Plants commonly intercropped in the milpa, kitchen garden and orchard "plantation"; trees tended in the forest; useful untended plants, close folk botanical companions, noxious plants
    • Table 2. Peten Maya palms and their close folk botanical allies
    • Table 3/Cuadro 3. Divisions of culturally important ltza' folk generic species into subordinate taxa/Divisiones de las especies genericas itza' culturalmente importantes en taxa subordinada
    • Table 4/Cuadro 4. Phenomenal dimensions used in divisions of generic species into subordinate taxa/Dimensiones fenomenales usadas en las divisiones de especies genericas en taxa subordinada
    • Table 5/Cuadro 5. Contrasting divisions of Itza' plant generic species/Divisiones contrastivas de las especies genericas itza'
    • Table 6/Cuadro 6. Color contrast sets in subordinate taxa/Grupos contrastivos de color en taxa subordinada
    • Table 7/Cuadro 7. ANOVA of Peten swidden practices/ANOVA de practicas de roza y quema en el Peten
    • Table 8/Cuadro 8. Species counted in Peten milpa plots/Especies contadas en parcelas de milpa en Peten
    • Table 9/Cuadro 9. Soil means for nitrates, phosphorus and other elements, pH, % organic matter, physical structure/Promedios de suelos para nitratos, fosforos y otros elementos, pH, % material organica, estructura fisica
    • Table 10/Cuadro 10. Peten forest plants and animals/Plantas de monte y animals del Peten
    • Table 11/Cuadro 11. Rankings of human impact on plants and ecological centrality/Clasificacion del impacto humano sobre las plantas y centralidad ecologica
    • Table 12/Cuadro 12. Hot-cold relations between plants and illnesses/Relaciones de "frio-caliente" entre plantas y enfermedades
  • Part 4
    • Plantas de los maya itza' del Peten usadas desde Ia conquista espanola
  • Part 5
    • Scientific Families, Latin Species, and Itza' Generic Species/Familias cientificas, especies en latin y especies genericas en itza'
    • Illnesses and Ailments: Index of Itza' Illnesses/Enfermedades y afecciones: Indice de enfermedades itza'
    • Generic Species in Itza'/Especies genericas en itza'
    • Nombres de especies genericas, tipos especificos, variedades y subvariedades en espanol
    • Generic Species Names ("Common Names") in English
  • Part 6
    • Bibliography-Bibliograffa
  • Part 7
    • A selection of photos depicting Itza' life-Seleccion de fotos de Ia vida itza' que representan aspectos tratados
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Published: 2004
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
ISBN(s)
  • 978-0-915703-55-5 (paper with cd)
  • 978-1-951519-88-9 (ebook)
Series
  • Memoirs
Subject
  • Latin American Studies
  • Archaeology:New World
https://lsa.umich.edu/ummaa

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