Book ID: 96445
Atran, Scott, Ximena Lois and Edilberto Ucan Ek'
Plants of the Petén Itza May / Plantas de los maya itza' del Petén. 2004. (Mus. of Anthrop. Univ. of Michigan, Memoires, 38): illus. VII, 248 p. 4to. Paper bd. - Plus 1 CD - ROM.
This monograph is a digest of how contemporary Itza' Maya classify and use over 400 plant species in the tropical forest region of north -central Petén, Guatemala. The Itza' are the region's last Lowland Mayawith demonstrable historical ties to Precolumbian Lowland MayaCivilization. - The text is arranged in 4 chapters: The Last Maya of Tikal/ Historical Documents/ Plants of the Petén Itza' Maya in Use since the Spanish Conquest/ Scientific Families, Latin Species, and Itza' Generic Species, Illnesses and Ailments, Generic Species inItza', Nombres de especies.. en Espanol/ Bibliography/ A Selection of Photos Depicting Itza' life.