Phytolith Analysis of Archeological Soils: Evidence for Maize Cultivation in Formative Ecuador
- 13 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 199 (4325), 177-178
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.199.4325.177
Abstract
Soil samples from the archeological sites of Real Alto and OGCh-20, Santa Elena Peninsula, Ecuador, show the presence of cross-shaped silica bodies identifiable as maize (Zea mays L.) phytoliths by size comparison with known wild grass and maize phytoliths. These results support arguments for the cultivation of maize at 2450 B.C. in coastal Ecuador.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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