Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chili Peppers ( Capsicum spp. L.) in the Americas-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chili Peppers ( Capsicum spp. L.) in the Americas

Published:2007-02-16 Issue:5814 Volume:315 Page:986-988
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Perry Linda¹²³⁴⁵,Dickau Ruth¹²³⁴⁵,Zarrillo Sonia¹²³⁴⁵,Holst Irene¹²³⁴⁵,Pearsall Deborah M.¹²³⁴⁵,Piperno Dolores R.¹²³⁴⁵,Berman Mary Jane¹²³⁴⁵,Cooke Richard G.¹²³⁴⁵,Rademaker Kurt¹²³⁴⁵,Ranere Anthony J.¹²³⁴⁵,Raymond J. Scott¹²³⁴⁵,Sandweiss Daniel H.¹²³⁴⁵,Scaramelli Franz¹²³⁴⁵,Tarble Kay¹²³⁴⁵,Zeidler James A.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Archaeobiology Program, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Post Office Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013–7012, USA.

2. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.

3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843–03092, Balboa, Republic of Panama.

4. Department of Anthropology, 107 Swallow Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.

5. Center for American and World Cultures, 105 MacMillan Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.

Abstract

Chili peppers ( Capsicum spp.) are widely cultivated food plants that arose in the Americas and are now incorporated into cuisines worldwide. Here, we report a genus-specific starch morphotype that provides a means to identify chili peppers from archaeological contexts and trace both their domestication and dispersal. These starch microfossils have been found at seven sites dating from 6000 years before present to European contact and ranging from the Bahamas to southern Peru. The starch grain assemblages demonstrate that maize and chilies occurred together as an ancient and widespread Neotropical plant food complex that predates pottery in some regions.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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