'Maize: An Analysis Of The Popol Vuh'

The emergence of agriculture was a major stepping stone in human history. During this birth of agriculture, also known as the Neolithic revolution, humans began inhabiting permanent settlements, grow their own crops, and domesticate both plants and animals for food (Weisdorf, 2005). Considering humans have been hunter-gatherers for the majority of their approximately 7 million years of existence, the emergence of agriculture in the Old World only occurring 10,000-5,000 years ago, marks a significant transformation in food sustenance techniques (Weisdorf, 2005). However, this turning point in history is associated with both positive and negative implications. There is much controversy over whether or not the introduction of

One of the most significant mile-stones in the human race is agriculture. Ten-thousand years ago, the practice of farming, cultivating land and soil to produce crops, and domesticating and rearing animals to produce food, wool and other products, opened a door for the beginning of civilization. In the article, “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”, written by Jared Diamond, Diamond contradicts the fact that human history has been a long tale of progress. He argues that agriculture is the reason that the human race is cursed with social and sexual inequality, disease, and despotism. Diamond uses many examples to prove his statement.

The author traces the history of the development of agriculture from China. The book reveals that food has been capable of doing more than sustain the population. In this regard, one surprising fact from the book is that food has acted as a primary tool of political organization, social transformation as well as geopolitical competition leading to shaping up the course of human progress. Also, it is surprising to note that food can be compared to some technology that has helped the humanity to structure and connect to other civilizations. In some cases, food has even been used as a military or an ideological weapon that has been used to decide the outcome of wars. Also, food can be connected to the process that culminates in the development of the economy as well as industrialization. Nowadays empires and industries have been built as a result of the importance of the food. Therefore following an archaeological perspective Tom Standage has effectively revealed how food has helped shape and transform the civilizations around the world. The transformation can be traced from the emergence of agricultural activities in China to the use of agricultural products such as corn and cane to develop ethanol among several other applications in the contemporary

The history of corn can be dated back to the beginning of time, but the use and value of corn had been unnoticed until it was introduce by the Native Americans. Where corn had seemed to be a big part of their everyday life from, being in myths, legends, and for a huge portion of their diet corn was an essential component. "when the Europeans had touched base to the New World during the late fifteenth century, the Native Americans had introduced corn what they had called maize to the Europeans .This crop was then later on grown and adapted from Canada to southern South America very quickly, which then began to form the new basis of the New World civilization" (Leventin & McManhon, 2012). The way corn has been changing and revolutionizing throughout time has been both fascinating and drastic. Rather than conventional corn being grown, it is genetically modified corn that have been dominating today 's crop industry and farming but the question remains as to how the various types of GMO corn has influenced the way it is grown and used and what its ramification are.

The Popol Vuh is unquestionably the most important of the Mayan preserved texts. It is distinguished not only for its extraordinary historical and mythological content, but for its literary qualities, which allow itself to compare with the indian epics like the Ramayana or the Greek Iliad and the Odyssey. Like these, the Popol Vuh is not a mere historical record, it is ultimately a universal statement of the nature of the world and man's role in

In my opinion, corn is a renewable resource and should be used as a new source of energy.In paragraph 1 on page 1,it states,”Caron is processed to produce different energy products.For example,corn can be used to create ethanol.” this shows an example on about how corn can be a new source of energy. It is grown with solar energy so it is a renewable resource,and there will be plenty to go around for the U.S. and the WORLD!

A: The chart in this chapter is explaining the factors that allow some people to overcome others. For example, the factor of having domesticated animals and plants allowed epidemics and diseases. However, at the same time domestic animals and plants provided sustainable food. I agree with the author’s conclusion and the chart because it is true that something good and beneficial may also cause harm. On the note of having domesticated animals and plants, to many it gave them an advantage. It allowed, like I said before, sustainable food. That food source enabled many to be fed and it led to tows being built. With that food supply, it also led to army being built to protect that food supply and

Cahokia was a large, complex settlement built by Native Americans that lived along the Mississippi River in about 950 C.E. near present-day St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. At the city’s peak at around 1150 C.E., nearly ten thousand citizens lived on more than five square miles of 120 earthen “mounds.” At the time, Cahokia was the third-largest city in the Americas, and it contained multiple residential neighborhoods, plazas, and religious sites. Scientists and historians widely agreed that corn had been cultivated in this region since as early as the year 1000 C.E. At the location of the ancient city, archaeologists discovered corn fragments, such as kernels and cobs, in sites that were dated to the year 1000 C.E. and earlier. Several

Corn was gained by the crops on earth, which the people believed was a gift from the gods. Corn was thought to be sacred, and was offered to the god when the people needed advice or an answer. How is corn connected to humans? I want to say because corn was a very important crop and a food source for humans for many

In the beginning of this story we can see that the world is split into two different worlds - one made of only water that is inhabited by animals, and a land in the sky that consists of a tribe. Caduto and Brunchac use a metaphor as they describe a magnificent tree in the Skyland that had four roots, each root pointed in different directions (North, South, East, and West). Along with its beautiful white roots, this tree produced a variety of fruits and flowers. They used another type of figurative language, simile, for the fruits and flowers which represents life.

One of the greatest revolutions in the history of homo sapiens was the adoption of agriculture, which changed the face of communities at every level of class. Though this change was built upon new ideas and allowed us to provide more food for more people, was it in fact a positive change at the time? Today in 2017, we can all look around and see where the agricultural revolution has gotten us in the long run, but authors such as Yuval Noah Harari (2011) claim that during the infancy of the agricultural revolution, life for the average citizen was often a worse one than that of the common forager. A change in food production created many other changes, such as permanent human settlement, biologically unconventional labor, and a larger population density. This paper explores the pros and cons of the agricultural society and the hunter-gatherer society

Early creation myths are found in the Popol Vuh, which is K’iche for “the Book of the Community”; it entails the creation and genealogy of the rulers of the Mayan kingdom. It has been referred to as the single most important piece of

The ongoing argument concerning the rise of civilization is centered almost wholly around the domestication of plants and animals. The prevailing view of V. Gordon Childe’s principle “that social structure and organization were bent to the demands of technology.” (Childe 1954:23-4), is now directly challenged by what archaeologist Klaus Schmidt is determining from the excavation of Gobekli Tepe; “that far from causing sedentism, agriculture actually responded to it.” (James

Brain Hayden’s hypothesis is very interesting, the idea that agriculture, domestication, where bolstered by humankinds longing to show wealth through a display of lots of food reveals a great deal about human nature and society. The thing is, that even though competition as a means of statue is a reoccurring theme in history, Brain Hayden’s theory feels, somehow feels unfinished.

In this unit’s text, we learned about modernization of society and how agriculture permitted nomadic hunt-and-gather groups to become stabilized and centralized in one location. The text and supporting video clips introduced both positive and negative anthropological effects of the rise of agriculture. Three positive outcomes include stabilization, improved nutrition, and food surplus. For each of these positive instances, there is an alternate and negative impact as well: habitat destruction, feast and famine cycles, and health concerns. This essay will briefly expound on each positive outcome and its counterpart, and will relate the sustainable agrarian achievements of the people of the Gamo Highlands to these effects.