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- Title
PROCESAMIENTO POST-COSECHA DE GRANOS DE QUINOA (CHENOPODIUM QUINOA, CHENOPODIACEAE) EN EL PERÍODO PREHISPÁNICO TARDÍO EN EL NORTE DE LÍPEZ (POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA).
- Authors
López, M. Laura; Capparelli, Aylen; Nielsen, Axel E.
- Abstract
On the basis of an ethnoarchaeological study of post-harvest quinoa processing in the Lípez Altiplano (Potosí, Bolivia), some diagnostic traits of each activity and methods of processing dried grains are established. The potential of these observations to investigate the ancient practices of processing and consumption of this pseudocereal is illustrated by analyzing grains recovered from four archaeological sites near Salar de Uyuni. The quinoas examined were at different stages of processing; some showed no traces of saponin extraction, suggesting that they had been stored immediately after harvest, while others exhibited saponification traces comparable to those observed in current contexts, suggesting that they had been prepared for consumption.
- Subjects
BOLIVIA; QUINOA; AGRICULTURE; GRAIN harvesting; ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL history; BOLIVIAN history to 1809
- Publication
Darwiniana, 2012, Vol 50, Issue 2, p187
- ISSN
0011-6793
- Publication type
Article