The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley, Volume I: Environment and Subsistence
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Authors: MacNeish, R. S. (Richard Stockton) (1918-2001)and Byers, Douglas S. (1903-1978)
Publisher: Co-published by the Robert S. Peabody Foundation and University of Texas Press.
Pub Date: 1967
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Book: Fair. Binding tight. No tears, bends, folds. Previous owner’s name and mark on upper corner title page, near spine head. One approx. 1/4″ split in inside front gutter. White-out dot on upper corner ffep (undoubtedly a previous price). Smudging to bottom text block. Foxing to top text block. Dust Jacket: Fair. NOT price clipped. Numerous chips and tears on all edges and corners. Spine head and foot chipped and worn. There was a price sticker on the bottom rear corner that was “successfully” removed (I could have done better), discolored, scuffed.
Notes: In a review in Hispanic American Historical Review (see https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-49.3.520 ) Michael Coe calls this volume–Volume I: Environment and Subsistence–and Volume 2: The Non-Ceramic Artifacts–“…a landmark in the history of New World archaeology.” Pretty strong stuff. In non-archaeological speak let’s call it a history of farming and food and how food surpluses helped to support artists, astronomers, priests, engineers, city planners, and kings and queens. This volume (Volume 1 of 6) is a collection of research into how corn was first domesticated in Middle America, perhaps as early as 3000 B.C. “Primary Civilization” in the Americas.
