Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas found in Caribbean
Monday, May 22, 2023 - 12:22
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have found what they believe to be the earliest known evidence of wine drinking in the Americas, inside ceramic artifacts recovered from a small Caribbean island. Forty ceramic sherds were examined in the first study to have used molecular analysis techniques—Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry—to investigate 15th century pottery from the Puerto Rico region.