DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.005
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84937028365
论文题名: Early dispersals of maize and other food plants into the Southern Caribbean and Northeastern South America
作者: Pagán-Jiménez J.R. ; Rodríguez-Ramos R. ; Reid B.A. ; van den Bel M. ; Hofman C.L.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2015
卷: 123 起始页码: 231
结束页码: 246
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Achira
; Caribbean
; Chili peppers
; Early agriculture
; Maize
; Sweet potato
Scopus关键词: Plants (botany)
; Achira
; Caribbean
; Chili pepper
; Maize
; Sweet potato
; Grain (agricultural product)
; chemical analysis
; cultivar
; dicotyledon
; dispersal
; edible species
; maize
; monocotyledon
; root vegetable
; strain
; Atlantic Ocean
; Caribbean Sea
; South America
; Capsicum
; Capsicum frutescens
; Dioscoreaceae
; Fabaceae
; Ipomoea batatas
; Zamia
; Zea mays
英文摘要: Grindstones from Eva 2 and St. John, two of the earliest sites in northeastern South America and the southern Caribbean respectively, were subjected to starch grain analysis. Results of this study revealed that these stone artifacts were utilized to process a variety of cultivars such as maize ( Zea mays), sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas), chili pepper ( Capsicum spp.), achira ( Canna spp.), legumes (Fabaceae), and yams (Dioscoreaceae), coupled with wild resources, most notably marunguey ( Zamia spp.). Radiocarbon dates indicate that the use of plants identified at these two sites were much older than previously considered, going back to at least 7790 cal. BP at St. John and 5990 cal. BP at Eva 2. This new evidence showcases the importance of the Caribbean basin as an arena for early phytocultural dispersals. It also focuses attention on the role of navigation as a mechanism for crop diffusion in the Neotropics. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59866
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作者单位: Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Programa de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Utuado, Puerto Rico; Department of History, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago; Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives, French Guiana; Faculty of Archaeology, Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
Recommended Citation:
Pagán-Jiménez J.R.,Rodríguez-Ramos R.,Reid B.A.,et al. Early dispersals of maize and other food plants into the Southern Caribbean and Northeastern South America[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2015-01-01,123