Plant Husbandry in Prehistoric Eastern North America: New Evidence for Its Development
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 43 (3) , 405-408
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279396
Abstract
Squash remains from three Late Archaic archaeological sites constitute the earliest evidence for cultigens in eastern North America. The new data indicate the tropical cultigen, squash, was introduced into the area prior to the domestication of native plant resources.Keywords
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