No. 12 (2021): Revista de Museología "Kóot"
Artículos

Corn as a source of mesoamerican culture

Ramón D. Rivas
Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador
Bio

Published 2021-01-01

Keywords

  • Corn - Cultural aspects - History – Mesoamerica,
  • Corn - Social aspects - Mesoamerica,
  • Corn - Cultivation - Mesoamerica,
  • Corn - Socioeconomic aspects - Mesoamerica

Abstract

This article compiles the history, religion, culture and usage of corn with the sole purpose of providing a small sample on the utility and importance of such prodigious millenary plant which fruit has been the main food source in Mesoamerica.

Keywords: Corn - Cultural aspects - History – Mesoamerica, Corn - Social aspects - Mesoamerica, Corn - Cultivation - Mesoamerica, Corn - Socioeconomic aspects - Mesoamerica.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5377/koot.v0i11.10737
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11298/1193