Early Prehistoric Maize in Northern Highland Ecuador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3206843 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Stephen Athens (0000-0003-4502-4535), Jerome V Ward, D M Pearsall (0000-0002-6114-7220), Karol Chandler-Ezell, Dean W Blinn, Alex E Morrison, Alex Morrison |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-21 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7183/1045-6635.27.1.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2328477595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 41 |
The discovery of the fully developed Formative sites of Cotocallao (ca. 3750-2350 cal. B.P.) in the Quito Basin and La Chimba (ca. 2650-1700 cal. B.P.) in the northern highlands of Ecuador has raised questions about their cultural antecedents, which have not been resolved despite decades of archaeological work in the region. Paleoenvironmental coring investigations were conducted at Lake San Pablo in northern highland Ecuador to determine the date for the onset of prehistoric maize farming in the temperate highland valleys of this region. The investigations included analysis of lake sediments for pollen, phytoliths, diatoms, and tephra. Maize pollen was identified as early as 4900 cal. B.P., while maize phytoliths dated even earlier, to 6200 or 6600 cal. B.P. These results demonstrate a long history of maize farming in valleys around Lake San Pablo, but in the context of a punctuated record of major and minor volcanic eruptions. It is concluded that early horticultural sites predating Cotocallao and La Chimba must exist, but to find such sites, archaeologists will have to locate and study deeply buried A-horizon soils
Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Geography · Horizon · Phytolith · Pollen · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Structural basin · Tephra · Volcano · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |