[Aztlan] Yucca cultivated in El Salvador going back 1400 years

[Nick Hopkins]

The INAH English text incorrectly uses "yucca" (century plant)  
instead of "yuca" (manioc).  It is clear the latter is intended from  
the text:

"yucca (a tubercle similar to potato)".

This makes the discovery all the more interesting, since this is a  
food plant, but then we had news of evidence of manioc from Cerén  
some months ago.

Nick Hopkins



On Oct 2, 2008, at 2:58 PM, michael ruggeri wrote:

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> Archaeological investigations at the site of Joya El Ceren in El
> Salvador has found that yucca has been used by the Maya in that area
> going back 1,400 years. Yucca plantations have been found undedr 14
> layers of ash from the volcano that destroyed El Ceren in ancient
> times. Beans, squash, cacao, guava and chile have also been found
> buried under the ash.
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> INAH has the story here;
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