Evidence indicates manioc was a major Maya crop
Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 02:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Digs in El Salvador reveal the first direct evidence that the tuber was intensively cultivated in large quantities. Corn was the royalty of Maya food crops, celebrated in religion and cosmology, but archaeologists have long suspected that a different crop, the lowly manioc plant, was the mainstay of Maya life, providing the basic sustenance that allowed their civilization to flourish in densely...