Background Plant domestication occurred independently in four different regions of the
Americas. In general, different species were domesticated in each area, though a few …

Maize is the world's most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160
countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by some catastrophe maize were to …

Our perceptions and conceptions regarding the roles and importance of maize to ancient
economies is largely a product of scientific research on the plant itself, developed for the …

The objective of this research is to identify the plants consumed and to determine their
dietary importance in Áspero, an urban center on the coast of the Supe Valley, Peru …

A comparative examination of food practices is useful for assessing the nature of diverse
forms of social inequality. This article examines three key contexts in which to evaluate the …

Among the grandest and most controversial proposals for a holistic, cross-disciplinary
prehistory for humanity is the hypothesis that it was the adoption of agriculture that lay …

Abstract The Late Preceramic Period (3000–1700 BCE) and Initial Period (1700–800 BCE)
in Peru was a time of emergent social complexity as illustrated by the construction of …

For many years, the rise of stratified societies along the Central Andean coast, known as the
birthplace of Andean civilization, has been closely linked to a marine-oriented economy …

El maíz es en nuestros días un alimento muy difundido en el mundo, gracias a la plasticidad
de sus características naturales y la posibilidad de ser consumido de distintas maneras. De …

Objectives The timing and dietary role of maize agriculture is central to archaeological
discussions in the Andean region. In the semi‐arid region of northern Chile (SARNC) …