The Archaeological Evidence for Manioc Cultivation: A Cautionary Note
- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 40 (4), 419-433
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279328
Abstract
In the humid tropics of the Americas, where preservation of plant materials is unlikely, archaeological evidence for manioc cultivation largely consists of artifacts which are similar to artifacts associated with manioc cultivation in the ethnographic record and which, by analogy, were similarly used in the prehistoric past. The validity of this inference by analogy is examined in terms of ceramic platters and stone grater teeth, two of the most commonly cited evidences for manioc cultivation.Keywords
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