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BBC: New evidence strengthens the argument that maize played an important role in ancient Peruvian civilisation 5,000 years ago, a study has said.
Samples taken from pollen records, stone tool residues and fossilised faeces suggest the food crop was actively grown, processed and eaten.
The authors say it adds more weight to the argument that Andean society was agricultural, not maritime-based.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Maize ‘was key in Andean society’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 26th, 2013
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