Annotated Bibliography #1 McNeil, and Cameron L. Chocolate in Mesoamerica : A Cultural History of Cacao. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2006. Accessed April 26, 2018. goo.gl/eRo9Bn. This book is about the chocolate in Mesoameria: A cultural history of cacao. And especially it says about cacao in ancient Maya religion. Through the sentence that “like all agrarian societies, the ancient Maya had an abiding and intimate relationship with the natural world. All manner of trees, plants, leaves, flowers, fruits, and roots found a place in their symbol system, and the flora that surrounded them, both wild and cultivated, were embedded in their spiritual outlook” I assume that cacao must have an important meaning as they used to exchange specific amount of it each other on their wedding and it might not just simply mean “good health and long life” or “undying love” #2 Christopher, Hillary. "Cacao’s Relationship with Mesoamerican Society." no. 3 (2013): 48-60. goo.gl/41rjkp …show more content…
For the social and political uses, it says that one of the many ways that people bond is by sharing food and feasting in Mesoamerica was the dominating catalyst for functioning political and economic relations between groups. Among these feasts included many foodstuffs, both every day and luxurious in economic terms. And cacao was among one of these goods. Trading cacao within a community requires a very organized system. This already explained why people exchanged cacao on their wedding very well as keep saying the cacao was really precious food and I guess the cacao was considered as the same thing with the wedding present that we exchange each other these
They farmed such plants as squash, beans, guava and mostly fished shellfish, sardines and anchovies (2). This is why most of these sites to do with the Norte Chico can be found in costal Peru. The Norte Chico also built large monumental structures such as aqueducts (2). The Norte Chico also unlike the rest of the pre-historic sites we find do not have ceramics or any evidence of
America and Europe were two thriving cultures living separately and surviving differently. In Europe they had a lack of land but used their farming space and live stock wisely. America had plenty of land but a shortage of domesticated live stock. The “Columbian Exchange” integrated the pros and cons of each culture. One specific example of foods in the “Columbian Exchange” were pigs.
They were the glue that held together the relationship between the Caddo communities and the Spanish people. With these rituals, it provided refinement and exchange for people who wanted to trade within the Caddo
It seemed as if 2 different worlds were separated by the Atlantic. It wasn’t until Europe discovered the Americas and its treasures that they soon would experience a dynamic change in economic status, way of living, and so forth. Unfamiliar foods, crops, animals, and diseases were both spread among the 2 locations. Europe seemed to gain much of the benefits of the Columbian Exchange while the Americas experienced a sharp demographic decline. America provided Europeans with high nutrient and yielding foods such as, maize, potatoes, tobacco and cacao.
The Incas and the Aztecs often are paired together, as they were part of the same period of time, the 1300s to the 1500s, and similar places, as they lived in regions of South America and Mesoamerica. These two civilizations are different in an economic way, as the Incas were self-sufficient because of agriculture and the Aztecs were more trade based. I argue that the economical differences between the two civilizations were caused by their environment and their technological advancements. Aztecs traded because they needed a way to gain land and in turn, induce beliefs. But first, how did they travel to get goods to other places?
Collin Brennan Professor Warner Freshman Tutorial 30 October, 2015 The mestizo recipes are famous for the combination of new and old world spices to make famous food. Que Vivan Los Tamales: Food and the Making of Mexican Identiy by Jeffrey Pilcher uses food to discuss the history of Mexico. Pilcher ties connections between the history of food and Mexico’s developing national identity. The book never really has a central thesis.
In this article, Ferriter (2009) reveals many benefits from the use of technology in the classroom with our 21st-century learners. The resources and suggestions mentioned throughout this reading will assist teachers in ways to avoid problems and becoming engaging instructors by using technology in innovative ways. What I found was so innovative by this approach was by creating a network of innovative co-learners where collaboration takes place regularly, Ferriter (2009), is able to experiment with digital connections without ever meeting other teachers in person. Not only is this beneficial for students and teachers all over the world, but also simple. What I found was unique and useful was the worldwide collaboration that helps teachers explore skills and dispositions that assisted with the network cooperation by creating shared content.
Tropical fruits also a significant form part of the Colombian
When the settlers went to start up the agricultural industry in the rural areas of Latin America, there was obviously a smaller population of both natives and Europeans in that region. Colonisers needed workers and locals needed work; both parties had no choice but to interact with one another. Ortiz states that everybody was “snatched from their original social groups, their own cultures destroyed and crushed under the weight of the cultures in existence here” (Ortiz 1947: 98). As the Europeans needed to raise funds in order to pay for their transportation costs from home, they required gold, silver and sugar for export. For the workers gathering these resources, the indigenous people supplied them food and clothes.
Likewise, the Maya indigenous people suffered through cultural changes as the diversity of native seeds decreased (Doc 6). The Document emphasizes the contamination the Green Revolution inflicted on the seeds as well as mother nature. From the point of view of the members of the National Coordinating Committee of Indigenous people, the green revolution resulted in a huge
The intended audience of the article “ The Columbian Exchange- a History of Disease, Food and Ideas” are scholars and students. The article has large amount of statistics provided about the amount of production of certain foods in certain countries, the amount of exchange between the old world and the new world and the top consuming countries for various new world foods. The foods discovered also includes their benefits and harms. 2. The author’s main argument is that the new world has several impacts on the old world which includes many pros and cons.
The 15th and 16th century voyages of discovery brought the European, African, and the American countries into direct contact, producing an exchange of foods, animals, and diseases that is now known as the “Columbian Exchange.” During the
The Columbian Neo Indian Exchange, which happened in the year 1492 can be described as being an exchange of ideas, food, crops, diseases and populations between the New and Old world. The reason why this particular time period is of such importance is because not only would these events would have had an impact on the people living in this era but it would also change the future forever. I will be paying particular attention to some of the new things people of the New World would have been exposed to during the period. In this essay I will focus on crops, technology, livestock, disease and religion. Plants that were involved in the Columbian Exchange had an affect on the culture and state of economy with both the New and Old worlds.
An interesting fact about Cacao is that if fat is added to it (i.e. cacao butter) and finely powdered sugar it’ll create a solid form. The cacao beans products which are the main components of making chocolate are known under different names in different parts of the world. For example, in the American chocolate industry the fatty extract of the chocolate bean is called Cacao Butter (Wikipedia, 2015). B. Thesis Statement: The purpose of this term paper is to illustrates the history of chocolate and state the different types of chocolate. II.
In the publication Antiquity Vol 81 Issue 314 December 2007 we find reference to the possibility of 'cacao' being used or at least stored. It states: "The Mokaya archaeological site of Paso de la Amada on the Pacific Coast of Chiapas, Mexico, and the Olmec archaeological site of El Manatí on the Gulf Coast of Veracruz, Mexico, have each yielded one ceramic vessel that contain residues from the preparation of cacao beverages during the Early Formative (1900-900 BC) period. That analysis looks specifically for markers which could be present if something was simply stored in a vessel and of course it could have been part of the funerary rites that this wonderful fruit was left as an offering. " Their analysis, they assert, showed that chocolate (Theobroma cacao) was consumed by the Mokaya (the local population) as early as 1900 BC (though this cound be disputed based on the method of dating used) and by pre-Olmec peoples as early as 1750 BC *if* we accept the results of the tiny sample analysis), pushing back the chemical evidence of cacao use by some 700 years *if