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Maize Mayan

  The Maya and Time-Keeping
.... foundation. The Mayan word for maize - "wa" - is synonymous with food itself; the maize god was honored from Preclassic times (von Hagen). ....
(1991 8 )

The Mayan The Mayan
.... to decipher their complex writing system (Sharer, 1). The achievements of Mayan society were varied. They domesticated plants like maize (corn), cacao ....
(2785 11 )

Ecological Diversity of Precolumbian Mesoamerica
.... and so on. Maize itself was so important a part of Mayan existence that "it was the focal point of worship. . . . Each stage in ....
(835 3 )

Independence in Latin American Countries or Just Another
.... elite were favored over the routine Mexican diet fare of maize and beans .... Iztß withdrew deep into the PetTn jungle, maintaining an independent Mayan kingdom for ....
(2433 10 )

Creation Stories and Myths
.... Indeed the Mayan Indian story (like another one from Borneo) makes this progression .... the gods mould him, bone and flesh and blood, from the maize flour; which ....
(2389 10 )