MAIZE INFO, please read

[Alexandre Chevalier]

farofia at telepac.pt (Farofia) wrote:

>Hello everybody,

>I'm collecting data for a study about the origin of maize. I'm having a 
>hard time doing it. PLEASE e-mail an info you've got about the subject.
>It's urgent.

>Thank you!

You can have a complete bibliography on the subject in the following
articles :

PICKERSGILL (B.). 1989. Cytological and genetical evidence on the
domestication and diffusion of crops within the Americas. In : HARRIS
(D.R), HILLMAN (G.C.), ed. Foraging and farming : the evolution of
plant exploitation.. London : Unwin Hyman, 426-439.

WILKES g.). 1989. Maize : domestication, racial evolution, and spread.
In : HARRIS (D.R), HILLMAN (G.C.), ed. Foraging and farming : the
evolution of plant exploitation.. London : Unwin Hyman, 440-455.

BONAVIA (D.), GROBMAN (A.). 1989. Andean maize : its origins and
domestication. In : HARRIS (D.R), HILLMAN (G.C.), ed. Foraging and
farming : the evolution of plant exploitation.. London : Unwin Hyman,
456-470.

Good luck.

Alexandre CHEVALIER      Alexandre.Chevalier at anthro.unige.ch

Department of Anthropology, Geneva University, Switzerland
C.P. 511, 1211 Geneva 24
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