New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops

New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops
Author: Paul E. Minnis
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2016-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816534225

New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops profiles nine plant species that were important contributors to human diets and medicinal uses in antiquity: maygrass, chenopod, marsh elder, agave, little barley, chia, arrowroot, little millet, and bitter vetch. Each chapter is written by a well-known scholar, who illustrates the value of the ancient crop record to inform the present.