Evidence for maize (Zea mays) in the Late Archaic (3000-1800 B.C.) in the Norte Chico region of Peru

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4945-4949

  Haas, Jonathan ^a   Creamer, Winifred ^b   Mesía, Luis Huamán ^c   Goldstein, David ^d   Reinharde, Karl ^e   Rodríguez, Cindy Vergel ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Andean archaeology; Origins of civilization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GRAIN; HISTORY; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PERU; PLANT RESIDUE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; STONE ANALYSIS; SURFACE SOIL; SYMBOLISM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PERU; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875506812     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219425110     Document Type: Article

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