New insights into the consumption of maize and other food plants in the pre-Columbian Caribbean from starch grains trapped in human dental calculus

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2468-2478

  Mickleburgh, Hayley L ^a   Pagán Jiménez, Jaime R ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Hospital Cardiovascular de Puerto Rico y el Caribe   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Dental calculus; Diet; Maize; Plant microremains; Pre Columbian; Starch grains

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTIVATION; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MAIZE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZAMIA SP.; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860881245     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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