ANT200Y1 Lecture Notes - Natufian Culture, Merlon, Processual Archaeology
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4 rows now standard: not native here, deliberate clearing of fields in highlands, naturally coastal plant likes moist, warm, humid, rapid shift from wild to domestic form, 700 yrs, selective choosing of 4 row cobs, unsure of what drove original domestication, h gs, adopted domestic foods but not keystone in diet, domesticated for sugar, alcohol production from corn sugars, evidence that they were fermenting something but unsure if driving force, beer later used in ceremonial cultures. Coxcatl n cave in tehuac n valley: but, likely that beans were domesticated earlier, at same time, earliest date is 2,500 bp, doesn"t seem old as maize & squash, posited due to 3 sisters, more delicate, fibrous. Three sisters: maize & squash spread to northern mexico & sw us, 3400 bp, southwestern late archaic period, variable rainfall & degrees of aridity across region cool & moist vs. hot & arid (cid:224) impact varied:
