ANT317H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Indigenous Peoples Of The Eastern Woodlands, Chenopodium, Koster Site
25 May 2016
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Introduction: maize spread southward to central and south america whilst simultaneously being carried upward to the united states. Arrived in the eastern deciduous woodlands of north america by ce 1 to. Became most important crop in both of these regions o. Farming societies flourished 2000 years before crop plants were introduced from outside the region. First evidence of eastern north america as a independent centre of agriculture discovered in 1876. Pattern shows that they are related to modern north america populations of c. berlandieri. Seeds from russell and ash caves both domesticated. Le page du pratz said that seeds were being. Marble bluff shelter in the arkansas ozarks grown by natchez in 1720s. Large number of small seeds stored in woven bag with small fragments. Was places in the shelter 3000 years ago. Newt kash and cloudsplitter rock shelters in eastern kentucky. Indicates that chenopodium domestication likely 4000-4500 bp: native americans possibly cultivating small seed crops in east before maize.
