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| List of Figures | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction: The Biology, Antiquity, and Modern Uses of the Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao L.) | |
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| Evolution, Domestication, Chemistry, and Identification of Cacao and Its Close Relatives | |
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| Cacao and Its Relatives in South America: An Overview of Taxonomy, Ecology, Biogeography, Chemistry, and Ethnobotany | |
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| The Domestication and Distribution of Theobroma cacao L. in the Neotropics | |
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| The Jaguar Tree (Theobroma bicolor Bonpl.) | |
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| The Determination of Cacao in Samples of Archaeological Interest | |
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| Cacao in Pre-Columbian Cultures | |
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| The History of the Word for 'Cacao' and Related Terms in Ancient Meso-America | |
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| Brewing Distinction: The Development of Cacao Beverages in Formative Mesoamerica | |
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| Cacao in Ancient Maya Religion: First Fruit from the Maize Tree and other Tales from the Underworld | |
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| The Language of Chocolate: References to Cacao on Classic Maya Drinking Vessels | |
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| The Social Context of Kakaw Drinking among the Ancient Maya | |
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| The Use and Representation of Cacao During the Classic Period at Copan, Honduras | |
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| Cacao in Greater Nicoya: Ethnohistory and a Unique Tradition | |
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| Cacao in the Colonial Period | |
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| The Good and Evil of Chocolate in Colonial Mexico | |
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| The Itza Maya Control over Cacao: Politics, Commerce, and War in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | |
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| Cacao Production, Tribute, and Wealth in Sixteenth-Century Izalcos, El Salvador | |
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| Soconusco Cacao Farmers Past and Present: Continuity and Change in an Ancient Way of Life | |
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| Mesoamerican Cacao Use in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries | |
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| Traditional Cacao Use in Modern Mesoamerica | |
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| Cacao, Gender, and the Northern Lacandon God House | |
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| Food for the Rain Gods: Cacao in Ch'orti' Ritual | |
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| Cacao in the Yukatek Maya Healing Ceremonies of Don Pedro Uc�n Itza | |
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| From Chocolate Pots to Maya Gold: Belizean Cacao Farmers Through the Ages | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| List of Contributors | |
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| Index | |