More than two hundred years ago, the great Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus christened the cacao tree Theobroma cacao, “food-of-the-gods cacao.” Truly, chocolate is the closest thing we mortals have to… Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionChocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao (Maya Studies)
July 25, 2015
New models of research and analysis, as well as breakthroughs in deciphering Mesoamerican writing, have recently produced a watershed of information on the regional use and importance of cacao, or… Read More »