“From artifacts, hieroglyphs, and iconography to folk tales and oral histories, the study of tobacco facilitates a nuanced and sophisticated portrayal of ancient and contemporary Maya. . . . This collection rewards a close read.”—David Carey Jr., American Indian Culture and Research Journal
“Academically demanding, this book maintains rigorous scholarship and is appropriate for Mayanists, specifically faculty, graduate students, and avocational readers.”—P. Sheets, Choice
“This volume presents a thoughtful and well-synthesized approach to tobacco studies from an anthropological perspective that will be useful to researchers on the Maya, shamanism, religion, archaeology, archaeometry, and related fields of research.”—Georgia L. Fox, author of The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco
