Cucurbits in Andean Prehistory.
Whitaker, Thomas W.
Cucurbits in Andean Prehistory. Thomas W. Whitaker - Estados Unidos-US : Society for American Archaeology, 1983. - páginas 576-585: ilustraciones blanco y negro - Trimestral - vol.48; no. 3 (Jul.1983) - no.3 . - Soociety for American Archaeology. .
Cucurbits were recovered at archaeological sites from three geographical areas: 1) Coastal Perú; 2) The Andean Highlands, and 3) The Andean region of Northern Argentina. Analysis indicates that cucurbits were cultivated in the Coastal Plain of Peru as long ago as 4000-3000 B.C. perhaps longer. Lagenaria siceraria Standl, Cucurbit moschata, Duch, ex. Poir, and the perennial squash, C. ficifolia Bouché were among the first cultigens. At a later date C. maxima duch is recorded from this area. It is probabl that C. moschata and C. ficifolia reached the area from Central America or Mexico.
ARQUEOLOGIA FLORA
Cucurbits in Andean Prehistory. Thomas W. Whitaker - Estados Unidos-US : Society for American Archaeology, 1983. - páginas 576-585: ilustraciones blanco y negro - Trimestral - vol.48; no. 3 (Jul.1983) - no.3 . - Soociety for American Archaeology. .
Cucurbits were recovered at archaeological sites from three geographical areas: 1) Coastal Perú; 2) The Andean Highlands, and 3) The Andean region of Northern Argentina. Analysis indicates that cucurbits were cultivated in the Coastal Plain of Peru as long ago as 4000-3000 B.C. perhaps longer. Lagenaria siceraria Standl, Cucurbit moschata, Duch, ex. Poir, and the perennial squash, C. ficifolia Bouché were among the first cultigens. At a later date C. maxima duch is recorded from this area. It is probabl that C. moschata and C. ficifolia reached the area from Central America or Mexico.
ARQUEOLOGIA FLORA