Journal article
Archaeological Signatures of Corn Preparation in the U.S. Southwest
The Kiva (Tucson, Ariz.), Vol.67(2), pp.187-218
12/01/2001
DOI: 10.1080/00231940.2001.11758454
Abstract
Food preparation techniques, while anthropologically significant, are often difficult to reconstruct from archaeological remains. However, two methods of corn preparation-alkali processing and tortillas-have archaeological signatures. Alkali processing with ashes may cause salt erosion on ceramic vessel interiors. Tortillas are prepared on comales made of pottery or stone. Alkali processing and tortilla preparation are described using ethnographic data and archaeological examples from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The distribution of comales in the Hohokam Classic Period (A.D. 1100-;1450) is also addressed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Archaeological Signatures of Corn Preparation in the U.S. Southwest
- Creators
- Margaret Beck - University of Arizona
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Kiva (Tucson, Ariz.), Vol.67(2), pp.187-218
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/00231940.2001.11758454
- ISSN
- 0023-1940
- eISSN
- 2051-6177
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2001
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Record Identifier
- 9984271554102771
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