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"Once a critical resource for hunter-gatherers living in arid regions of the American Southwest and Latin America, and later playing a role in the rise of ancient civilizations, agave was a source of food, drink, textiles, fuels and medicines. Today, ancient folkways, from fiber craftsmanship...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Archeo Productions
Other Authors: Brown, David O. (Director, Screenwriter), Dreiss, Meredith L. (Director, Screenwriter), Olmos, Edward James (Narrator), Greenhill, Sharon (Screenwriter), Lane, Jennifer (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Austin, Texas : Archeo Productions, 2014.
Subjects:
Agaves > History.
Agaves > Utilization.
Botany, Economic.
Agaves > Mexico.
Agaves > New Mexico.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Agaves.
Mexico.
New Mexico.
History.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary:"Once a critical resource for hunter-gatherers living in arid regions of the American Southwest and Latin America, and later playing a role in the rise of ancient civilizations, agave was a source of food, drink, textiles, fuels and medicines. Today, ancient folkways, from fiber craftsmanship to traditional pulque and mescal productions, are rapidly disappearing and this unique desert plant faces an uncertain future. While entrepreneurs and scientists work to turn the tide, the loss of diversity of both cultivated and wild species does not bode well for the plant or the humans who depend on it"--Insert.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (59 min., 28 sec.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Music by Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos ; cinematography by Layton Blaylock ; edited by Jennifer Lane and David Hollander.