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Aztec science: the genetic origin of maize, pollination, and plant sexuality recorded in art

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dc.contributor.authorBurgos-Ellis, Helen, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-30T18:03:58Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractAztec Science argues the Nahuas, indigenous peoples of central Mexico, were heirs to a tradition of plant manipulation in Mesoamerica and that they encoded botanical information about maize in the Codex Borgia, expanding the understandings and content within the codex.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsIn Tlilli, in Tlapalli, in Amoxtli, in Tlacuilolli: the science of maize agriculture -- Grass as the progenitor of maize in Nahua art, ritual, and myth -- Reevaluating Quetzalcoatl in his guise as wind: the role he seems to play in pollination -- The maize plant's life cycle in Nahua manuscripts -- Plant sexuality on Page 28 of the Codex Borgia.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/245706
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectCodex Borgianus
dc.subjectCorn -- Mythology -- Mexico
dc.subjectCorn in art
dc.subjectNahuas -- Agriculture -- History
dc.subjectAztec calendar
dc.titleAztec science: the genetic origin of maize, pollination, and plant sexuality recorded in art
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