maize

Lantos, I., J.E. Spangenberg, M.A. Giovannetti, N. Ratto y M. Maier. 2015. Maize consumption in pre-Hispanic south-central Andes: chemical and microscopic evidence from organic residues in archaeological pottery from western Tinogasta (Catamarca, Argentina). Journal of Archaeological Science 55: 83-99

Abstract Pre-Hispanic Andean societies depended economically on the cultivation of maize (Zea mays), the main staple food crop in the region after its introduction from highland Mexico. Here we report new data from residue analysis of potsherds recovered in archaeological sites in western Tinogasta, Catamarca province, Argentina, ca. 3rd to 16th centuries AD. Leer más

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Lía, V. A. Confalonieri, N.Ratto, J.A. Cámara Hernández, A.M. Miante Alzogaray, L. Poggio & T.A. Brown. 2007. Microsatellite typing of ancient maize: insights into the history of agriculture in southern South America. Proceeding of the Royal Academy of London 274(1609): 545-554.

Abstract: Abstract: Archaeological maize specimens from Andean sites of southern South America, dating from 400 to 1400 years before present, were tested for the presence of ancient DNA and three microsatellite loci were typed in the specimens that gave positive results. Genotypes were also obtained for 146 individuals corresponding to Leer más

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