Potato remains from a late pleistocene settlement in southcentral Chile

Ugent, Donald; Dillehay, Tom D.; Ramírez, Carlos

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“…Potato overlaps with-but exceeds-ulluco and oca with respect to size. Unique grain types comprised of a combination of traits typify all three taxa (9,10,23,28,30,37); moreover, a comparison of starches from wild and cultivated Solanum indicates that these may be distinct from one another (Fig. 1, SI Methods and Materials, and Tables S3 and S4).…”

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“…Taxonomic identification of archaeological starch was based on published reference works and a preliminary comparative study (9,10,15,(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30). Reference taxa include Andean pseudocereal, seed, legume, fruit, and geophyte crops like chenopods, amaranth, maize, beans, chiles, manioc, achira, oca, ulluco, and potato (9,10,15,16,23,25,28,(30)(31)(32)(33).…”

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“…Reference taxa include Andean pseudocereal, seed, legume, fruit, and geophyte crops like chenopods, amaranth, maize, beans, chiles, manioc, achira, oca, ulluco, and potato (9,10,15,16,23,25,28,(30)(31)(32)(33). Key objectives of the comparative analysis were to discern the degree to which (i) starches from oca, potato, and ulluco are distinctive and (ii) starches from wild and cultivated potato differ from one another ( Fig.…”

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“…Macrobotanical preservation of this class of plants-and the diagnostic utility of macrogeophyte remains-is limited. Accordingly, beginning in the 1960s, Andeanists Towle (8) and Ugent et al (9,10) sought to further their insights through microbotanical analysis of starch morphology from macrogeophytes. Their pioneering work foreshadowed the mounting role of microbotanical studies around the world, including the study area (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18).…”

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Late Archaic–Early Formative period microbotanical evidence for potato at Jiskairumoko in the Titicaca Basin of southern Peru

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Aldenderfer

2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The data presented in this paper provide direct microbotanical evidence concerning the early use of potato (Solanum tuberosum) within its botanical locus of origin in the high south-central Andes. The data derive from Jiskairumoko, an early village site in the western Titicaca Basin dating to the Late Archaic to Early Formative periods (∼3,400 cal y BC to 1,600 cal y BC). Because the site reflects the transition to sedentism and food production, these data may relate to potato domestication and early cultivation. Of 141 starch microremains recovered from 14 groundstone tools from Jiskairumoko, 50 are identified as consistent with cultivated or domesticated potato, based on reference to published materials and a study of wild and cultivated potato starch morphology. Along with macro- and microbotanical evidence for chenopod consumption and grinding tool data reflecting intensive use of this technology throughout site occupation, the microbotanical data reported here suggest the intensive exploitation, if not cultivation, of plant resources at Jiskairumoko. Elucidating the details of the trajectory of potato domestication is necessary for an overall understanding of the development of highland Andean agriculture, as this crop is central to the autochthonous agricultural suite. A paucity of direct botanical evidence, however, has hindered research efforts. The results of the modern and archaeological starch analyses presented here underscore the utility of this method in addressing questions related to the timing, mode, and context of potato origins.

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Late Archaic–Early Formative period microbotanical evidence for potato at Jiskairumoko in the Titicaca Basin of southern Peru

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Aldenderfer

2016

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“…Ocasionalmente, utilizaban la vegetación, ya sea como combustibles o como material para construir sus toldos, comían el fruto del calafate (Berberis buxifolia) y el de los árboles del género Nothofagus (Ñirres y Coihues), como ellos consideraban a ciertas agallas de insectos y cuerpos fructíferos de hongos patógenos del género Cyttaria. También recolectaban papas silvestres (Solanum maglia) que crecían junto a arroyos litorales en las dunas (Ugent et al 1987). Por último, para los Chonos, el perejil del campo (Apium australe) tenía importancia medicinal (Castro & Romo 2006).…”

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Diversidad Florística, Vegetacional Y De Hábitats en El Archipiélago De Los Chonos: (Región De Aisén, Chile)

Álvarez

Martín

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Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile)

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RESUMENSe compararon la flora y la vegetación de las islas Guamblin, Ipún, Stokes y Kent pertenecientes a la Reserva Nacional "Las Guaitecas" del Archipiélago de Los Chonos en la Patagonia insular chilena. Estas son islas deshabitadas, expuestas al Pacífico y a los vientos del oeste, cubiertas de bosques siempreverdes con depresiones turbosas esfagnosas con Sphagnum magellanicum y turberas pulvinadas con Donatia fascicularis en los montes. Debido a hundimientos o levantamientos de terreno durante los sismos del año 1960, algunas presentan playas de arena con variados hábitats además de plataformas rocosas colonizadas por arbustos. Las diferencias florísticas entre ellas están condicionadas tanto por el sustrato rocoso subyacente como por su relieve.Palabras clave: Similitud florística, vegetación, islas, Patagonia Chilena ABSTRACT We compared the flora and vegetation of the islands Guamblin, Ipún, Stokes and Kent belonging to the National Reserve "Las Guaitecas" in the Chonos Archipelago (Chilean Patagonia). These islands are inhabited and exposed to the Pacific and the West winds, covered with evergreen forest, Sphagnum magellanicum-bogs in depressions and cushion bogs with Donatia fascicularis in the highlands. Due to subsidence or ground surveys during the earthquakes of 1960, some of them have sandy beaches with several habitats and rocky plateaus colonized by shrubs. The floristic differences between the islands are principally determined by their differences on the type of bed-rock and their relief.

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