Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mary H. Parsons
The maguey plant plays a central role in cultural adaptation and cultural change in highland Mesoamerica. This book is a comprehensive study of the plant and its use. Includes chapters on maguey cultivation and pulque production, maguey fiber processing and spinning, and the archaeological implications of the available ethnographic and historic information about maguey utilization.
Order from the University of Michigan Press.
See related books:
The Last Pescadores of Chimalhuacán, Mexico, Anthropological Papers 96, by Jeffrey R. Parsons
The Last Saltmakers of Nexquipayac, Mexico, Anthropological Papers 92, by Jeffrey R. Parsons
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology
Year of Publication: 1990
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Pages: 388
Price: $22
Print ISBN: 978-0-915703-20-3
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-949098-90-7
Monograph Series / Number: Anthropological Papers No. 82
Tables / Illustrations: 27 tables, 218 illustrations