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Precolumbian use of chili peppers in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico.


ABSTRACT: Excavations at Guilá Naquitz and Silvia's Cave, two dry rockshelters near Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico, yielded the remains of 122 chili peppers dating to the period A.D. 600-1521. The chilies can be assigned to at least 10 cultivars, all belonging to the species Capsicum annuum or Capsicum frutescens. The specimens are well enough preserved to permit an evaluation of the criteria used to separate wild and domestic chilies and to distinguish among cultivated races. In addition, they provide the opportunity to assess the reliability of starch grains for documenting the presence of chilies in archaeological sites where no macrobotanical remains are preserved.

SUBMITTER: Perry L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1924538 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Precolumbian use of chili peppers in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Perry Linda L   Flannery Kent V KV  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070709 29


Excavations at Guilá Naquitz and Silvia's Cave, two dry rockshelters near Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico, yielded the remains of 122 chili peppers dating to the period A.D. 600-1521. The chilies can be assigned to at least 10 cultivars, all belonging to the species Capsicum annuum or Capsicum frutescens. The specimens are well enough preserved to permit an evaluation of the criteria used to separate wild and domestic chilies and to distinguish among cultivated races. In addition, they provide the opportu  ...[more]

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