by Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mary H. Parsons
University of Michigan Press, 1990
eISBN: 978-1-949098-90-7 | Paper: 978-0-915703-20-3
Library of Congress Classification GN2.M5 no. 82
Dewey Decimal Classification 972.501

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.