[Aztlan] Domesticated sunflowers in Mesoamerica (Aztlan Digest, Vol 29, Issue 27)

[Craig]

Mike:
   
  Regarding domesticated sunflowers, Pope et al. in their Science 18 May 2001 paper on the San Andres Olmec site ("Origin and Environmental Setting of Ancient Agriculture in the Lowlands of Mesoamerica") state that "About 2500 calendar yr B.C. (4000 yr B.P.), domesticated sunflower seeds and cotton pollen appear as farming expanded."
   
  This article can be found at:
   
  http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/292/5520/1370  
   
  Thanks,
  Craig Fisher
  


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From: michael ruggeri <michaelruggeri at mac.com>
Subject: [Aztlan] SUNFLOWERS DOMESTICATED IN MEXICO 2000 YEARS AGO
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:07:35 -0500
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Listeros,

A new study claims that sunflowers were grown as a domesticated crop 
in Mexico more than 2000 years ago. This contradicts the idea that 
sunflower farming began in the US East and moved south to Mexico. 
Plant remains were found in a cave in Morelos with cultivated large 
seeds from 300 BCE.
Sunflower cultivation did take place in the eastern US 4000-5000 
years ago. The new study proves sunflower domestication was also 
domesticated in Mexico independently. There is a counter critique to 
this claim by others who do not accept the new evidence but the large 
size seeds in the Mexican plant make a north to south transfer 
unlikely. Linguistic evidence of the word for sunflower among 
different indigenous groups today shows that sunflowers have a long 
history in Mexico.

The Spanish may have suppressed the further cultivation of the plant 
due to its association with the sun god and war.

National Geographic has the story here;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080428-sunflowers- 
mexico.html

Here is a tiny URL;
http://tinyurl.com/4hrcjy

Mike Ruggeri


Mike Ruggeri's The Ancient Americas Breaking News
http://web.mac.com/michaelruggeri


















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Listeros,

A new study claims that sunflowers were grown as a domesticated crop  
in Mexico more than 2000 years ago. This contradicts the idea that  
sunflower farming began in the US East and moved south to Mexico.  
Plant remains were found in a cave in Morelos with cultivated large  
seeds from 300 BCE.
Sunflower cultivation did take place in the eastern US 4000-5000  
years ago. The new study proves sunflower domestication was also  
domesticated in Mexico independently. There is a counter critique to  
this claim by others who do not accept the new evidence but the large  
size seeds in the Mexican plant make a north to south transfer  
unlikely. Linguistic evidence of the word for sunflower among  
different indigenous groups today shows that sunflowers have a long  
history in Mexico.

The Spanish may have suppressed the further cultivation of the plant  
due to its association with the sun god and war.

National Geographic has the story here;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080428-sunflowers- 
mexico.html

Here is a tiny URL;
http://tinyurl.com/4hrcjy

Mike Ruggeri


Mike Ruggeri's The Ancient Americas Breaking News
http://web.mac.com/michaelruggeri


















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