Archaeological potato tuber remains from the casma valley of peru |
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Authors: | Donald Ugent Shelia Pozorski Thomas Pozorski |
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Institution: | 1. Associate Professor of Botany, Southern Illinois University, 62901, Carbondale, IL 2. Honorary Assistant Curator, Section of Man, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes, Avenue, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA 3. Assistant Curator, Section of Man, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA
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Abstract: | A collection of 21 preserved tubers of the potato from 4 archaeological sites situated in the Casma Valley of Peru is illustrated and described. The collections from these sites date from the Preceramic Period (2000 B.C.) to the Initial Ceramic Period (1200 B.C.). Identification of the tuber remains was undertaken through a stud) of their starch grains. Comparative material used for this purpose included other archaeological collections of tuber remains from the sites of Chilca and Pachacamac, as well as the fresh and dried tubers of modern-day wild and cultivated potato species. |
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