[Aztlan] Manioc

[Jeff Baker]

Over the last 15 years, manioc remains have been recovered from at least
three sites in Belize. The only two that I can think of off the top of
my head are Cuello and Sierra de Agua. 

The reference for Cuello is from an Antiquity article around 1990
coauthored by Norman Hammond (I think the senior author is Jon Hastor,
but I'm not positive). 

The data from Sierra de Agua is based upon a pollen core analyzed by
John Jones, and discussed in my dissertation and in a 2003 article by
Dunning and others (found in the "Heterarchy, Political Economy and the
Ancient Maya: The Three Rivers Region of the East-Central Yucatan
Peninsula" volume edited by Scarborough, Valdez and Dunning).

Thanks,

Jeff Baker



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org] On Behalf Of Nick Hopkins
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:42 AM
To: Aztlan
Subject: [Aztlan] Manioc

Well, it's no surprise.  The Maya have had a word for manioc since at  
least 2000 BC. (Proto-Mayan *tz'iin or *tz'ihn; see Terry Kaufman's  
Mayan Etymological Dictionary on the FAMSI site, pp. 1089-1090).


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