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Maize and Bone: Residues of Grinding in Northwestern Argentina *
Author(s) -
Del Pilar Babot M.,
Apella María C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4754.00099
Subject(s) - grinding , archaeology , zea mays , geography , paleoethnobotany , geology , metallurgy , biology , agronomy , materials science , agriculture
Archaeometric and archaeobotanical analyses of grinding residues inside an archaeological milling stone tool from the Cueva de los Corrales 1 site in northwestern Argentina are shown. Multiple analytical techniques are used to identify ground substances, and their results are compared and complemented. They give direct and reliable evidence of maize (Zea mays L.) and burned bone grinding in the pre‐hispanic Argentine north‐west, although the latter is little related to milling tasks.