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The Diet And Subsistence Methods Of The Maya: Their Health And Cultural Consequences From The Pre-Classic Era To Today, Rachel E. Watson
The Diet And Subsistence Methods Of The Maya: Their Health And Cultural Consequences From The Pre-Classic Era To Today, Rachel E. Watson
Honors Undergraduate
The Maya, a once great civilization, seemingly vanished without an obvious reason, before the Spanish landed in the region. Some say that their downfall was a result of famine and inadequate nutrition. Surprisingly, most of the archaeological evidence surrounding the Classic Maya diet and subsistence methods indicates that they both adequately sustained the population to the point where there has been practically no change over hundreds of years. Change did not occur to the Maya diet or the classic subsistence methods until the late twentieth century when the tourism industry exploded in the area of the former Maya empire. The …
Care And The Self: Theorizing The Significance Of Food In Rural Yucatan, Lauren Wynne
Care And The Self: Theorizing The Significance Of Food In Rural Yucatan, Lauren Wynne
Anthropology and Sociology Faculty Publications
In this essay, the author describes her dissertation fieldwork, focusing on human relationships with food, in rural Yucatan, Mexico.