Archaeological material for the study of crop evolution Material arqueológico para o estudo de evolução de plantas cultivadas

Archaeological material for the study of crop evolution Material arqueológico para o estudo de evolução de plantas cultivadas

This research studies archaeological samples of maize (Zea mays mays) and cassava (Manihot esculenta), from Januaria, MG, Brazil, for samples between 1010 (for the oldest sample) and 570 years (for the most recent) as estimated through radiocarbon dating. Maize cobs were morphologically analysed by...

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Main Authors: Fábio de Oliveira Freitas, Paulo Sodero Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-01-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
Subjects:
Zea mays
Manihot esculenta
arqueologia
indígena
amido
archaeology
indigenous
starch
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000200027

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