Earliest chocolate use found in Chaco Canyon ( New Mexico )

Associated Press ^ | 02/02/2009

[george76]

You may be surprised to know how far back chocolate goes -- perhaps 1,000 years in what's now the United States. Evidence of chocolate has been found in northwestern New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, at Pueblo Bonito.

The discovery indicates trade was under way between the Chaco Canyon and cacao growers in Central America -- more than 1,000 miles away. Crown says importing the material would have been a major undertaking.

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[george76]

Chocolate was used in rituals in Central America as early as 1500 BC and was even a form of currency among the Aztec.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008699206_apscimmmmmchocolate.html?syndication=rss

[Quix]

WOW! So smart.

So near.

So long ago!

LOL.

[rdl6989]

Crown says importing the material would have been a major undertaking.

True, importing cacao from 1000 miles away would be quite a chore.

[petitfour]

They must’ve found some we dropped when we were there!

Funniest cows we’ve ever seen were on the dirt road we drove down when we left Chaco Canyon. They got in front of us on the road and would not move over!

[count-your-change]

Well duh. Chaco Canyon, Chacolot, chocolate.

[Smokin' Joe]

ping

[derllak]

Dang, you’ll do anything for a Hersheys bar, won’t you, Nully!
My sink is full of dishes and my cat’s litter box needs cleaning... :P

[MARTIAL MONK]

A 1000 year old Hershey wrapper...

[Daffynition]

Some things never change,

[ottbmare]

True, importing cacao from 1000 miles away would be quite a chore.

But worth it!

I think we ought to erect a shrine on the site.

[Monkey Face]

Life is good! Chocolate rules!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ugh, that road going in was a bitch (the Northern access road we took has since been closed and half removed from the road atlas). Washboard, still sets my teeth chattering.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SuzyQue]

Chaco Canyon IS a magical place!

[wildbill]

Chaco Canyon? Maybe the soldiers from Mezo America were simply trying to make friends with the Chaco Canyon kids

American troops are famous for this

[SunkenCiv]

oldie from the hard drive:

Cradle of Chocolate?
by Roger Segelken
October 8, 1998

Digging through history to a time before agriculture, archaeologists from Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley have found evidence of a village that was continuously occupied from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1000 as well as hints to the secret of the community's remarkable longevity.

"My guess is, it all comes down to chocolate," says John S. Henderson, professor of anthropology at Cornell and co-director, together with Rosemary Joyce of Berkeley, of the archaeological dig at Puerto Escondido, Honduras. The type of ceremonial pottery uncovered by the archaeologists points to that region of Mesoamerica as a possible "Cradle of Chocolate."

[TaMoDee]

We have been to Chaco many times. A most AMAZING place.
New things everytime we go there.

[Vermont Lt]

I spent a day there is summer. What a cool place. Well, interesting. Hot as hell.