Format:
1 online resource (407 pages)
ISBN:
9781949098907
Series Statement:
Anthropological Papers Ser. v.82
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- General Considerations -- The Study Area -- The Community of Orizabita -- Organization of This Monograph -- Chapter 2. The Cultivation of Maguey and the Production of Pulque -- Synopsis of the Process -- Transplanting the Young Maguey Plant -- Care of the Growing Plant -- Capazon (Castration) and Picazon (Picking) -- The Raspada (Collecting and Transporting Aguamiel) -- Fermenting the Aguamiel -- The JG Tinacal, Orizabita -- The LC Tinacal, Orizabita -- The BH Tinacal, Tecomatlan -- The HT Tinacal, near Itzcuinquitlapilco -- The HP Tinacal, Emiliano Zapata -- The MP Tinacal, Itzcuinquitlapilco -- The TL Tinacal, Singuelucan -- The RT Tinacal, Jalapillo -- Summary -- Miscellaneous Operations -- Chapter 3. Processing and Spinning Fiber -- Maguey Fiber Extraction -- Spinning Maguey Fiber -- Lechuguilla Fiber Extraction -- Making Rope from Lechuguilla Fiber -- Chapter 4. Archaeological Implications -- Introduction -- The Sixteenth-Century Production Process -- The Tool Kits and Workshops -- The Production and Distribution of Maguey Products -- Chapter 5. Summary and Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Appendix. Analysis of a Midden Sample from the LR Maguey Fiber Processing Workshop, by Sandra L. Dunavan -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780915703203
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Parsons, Jeffrey R. Maguey utilization in highland central Mexico Ann Arbor : Museum of Anthropology, 1990 ISBN 0915703203
Language:
English
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