Under the Shade of Thipaak
Society for Ethnobotany Daniel F. Austin Award
The important cultural role of an ancient, endangered plant
Under the Shade of Thipaak is the first book to explore the cultural role of cycads, plants that evolved over 250 million years ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured...
Society for Ethnobotany Daniel F. Austin Award
The important cultural role of an ancient, endangered plant
Under the Shade of Thipaak is the first book to explore the cultural role of cycads, plants that evolved over 250 million years ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured...