Changing Approaches to Maize Preparation at Cerro Portezuelo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6033674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Biskowski (California State University, Sacramento, corresponding author), Karen D Watson (California State University, Sacramento) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 213-223 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ancient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956536113000126 |
| OpenAlex | W2125564610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 13 |
Analyses of grinding tools at Cerro Portezuelo provide an unusual opportunity to study changing subsistence priorities. Evidence in the Teotihuacan and Mezquital Valley indicates that established patterns of dependence on maize may have been interrupted during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic periods. Grinding tool collections in both locations contain unusually high frequencies of closed-surface grinding tools (trough metates and mortars), which are less efficient for intensive maize grinding than the open-surface tools commonly used during both the Classic and Late Postclassic periods. While analyzing the Cerro Portezuelo grinding tool collection presents many problems because of imprecise chronology, this collection also contains an unusually high frequency of closed-surface tools that can be attributed to its Epiclassic and Early Postclassic inhabitants. Thus, Cerro Portezuelo contributes to a growing picture of subsistence after the collapse of Teotihuacan in which maize was deemphasized and may have been replaced by amaranth and other foods
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Chronology · Food preparation · Food processing · Geography · Grinding · Metallurgy · Physical geography · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Materials Science · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
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| Citations per year | 0.46 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |