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Early maize agriculture and interzonal interaction in southern Peru

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  • Linda Perry

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Daniel H. Sandweiss

    (University of Maine
    University of Maine)

  • Dolores R. Piperno

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)

  • Kurt Rademaker

    (University of Maine)

  • Michael A. Malpass

    (Ithaca College)

  • Adán Umire

    (Museo Contisuyo)

  • Pablo de la Vera

    (Instituto Nacional de Cultura)

Abstract

Pre-Columbian corn Recent decades have seen an explosion in knowledge of the early agriculture of lowland South America. Knowledge of the highlands is scarcer, but much to be desired, given that the Andes were home to the Incas and other pre-Columbian cultures. Perry et al. report on maize and other plant remains going back 4,000 years from Waynuna, an archaeological site in the highlands of southern Peru. This extends the record of maize back by at least a millennium in the southern Andes and provides direct evidence for the deliberate movement of plant foods by humans from the tropical forests to the highlands.

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  • Linda Perry & Daniel H. Sandweiss & Dolores R. Piperno & Kurt Rademaker & Michael A. Malpass & Adán Umire & Pablo de la Vera, 2006. "Early maize agriculture and interzonal interaction in southern Peru," Nature, Nature, vol. 440(7080), pages 76-79, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:440:y:2006:i:7080:d:10.1038_nature04294
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04294
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