Author: Paul E. Minnis

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2016-09

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 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.