Cameron McNeil earned her doctorate in anthropology from the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and currently conducts research in Copan, Honduras.
A triumph of four-field anthropology. Botany, archaeology,
linguistics, ethnography, and a small bit of physical anthropology
are seamlessly united. . . . Without integration of the fields, few
or none of the interesting conclusions in this work could have been
reached."—American Anthropologist
"Contains a watershed of interesting and exciting information. . .
. For those with a serious interest in food history and foodways,
it is an invaluable source of up-to-date information on one of the
most beloved and revered foodstuffs in the Americas." —Austin
Chronicle
"A unique, extremely useful collection on chocolate use in
Mesoamerica that sets a standard to follow in the expanding field
of cultural food studies." —Choice
"McNeil has here assembled an impressive stable of scholars to
examine all aspects of cacao development and use in Mesoamerica
from its discovery to its use by the modern Maya." —American
Archaeology
"In this collection of 21 papers, the authors discuss the
linguistic, chemical, agricultural, medicinal, economic and social
aspects of the cacao plant, often in exhaustive detail." —Cambridge
Archaeological Journal
"I highly recommend the book for specialists as well as for the
general public interested in knowing more about cacao; the reading
is not complicated and is presented from an anthropological
perspective." —Journal of Ethnopharmacology
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