The Food of the Present Day Maya Indians of Yucatan

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Author: Benedict, Frances G and Morris Steggedra from the library of George M Foster Year: 1936 Publisher: Carnegie Institution of Washington Place: Washington, DC Description: 155-188 pages with tables. Quarto (11 1/2" x 9") bound in original wrappers. From the library of George M Foster . CIW Contributions to American Archaeology number 18. Part of CIW publication number 456. First edition. Until the Carnegie Institution of Washington began it archaeological studies in Yucatan, little was known about food habits of the Maya, what types of food they eat, and how they prepare their food. This is a qualitative and quantitative study of the present-day Maya diet (1936), not only to determine whether the high metabolism of these people is explained by their diet but to obtain some hint from the food habits of these Indians as to the probable food supplies and dietary customs of the Maya of prehistoric times. this latter phase of the study especially represents a contribution to the larger Central American program that was carried on by the CIW. In some parts of Yucatan the Maya Indians still existed on a diet that was almost entirely independent of white man's civilization, although those associating with Spaniards in cities like Merida were naturally influenced by white man's food. George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he

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