Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgments v
4. Food Production in Native North America: An Introduction vii
5. 1 A Coevolutionary Continuum 1
6. 2 The Eastern Agricultural Complex 12
7. 3 Origins and Development of Maize-Based Agriculture in the Southwest 38
8. 4 The Rise of the Three Sisters: Maize in the Eastern Woodlands 65
9. 5 Food Production without Farming 90
10. 6 A World of Difference: Food Production in Postcontact North America 105
11. 7 Synthesis 122
12. Appendix A. Scientific names of plant and animal taxa mentioned in the text. 145
13. References Cited 150
14. Index 185