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Potatoes Were Not Just A Symbol Of The Elite In Ancient Peru, Archaeologists Find
Forbes ^ | November 2, 2018 | Kristina Killgrove

Posted on 11/07/2018 8:56:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv

We may think of potatoes as the most basic of foods, given their modern ubiquity and low cost, but in the Moche culture in ancient Peru, archaeologists had assumed they were highly charged symbols of the elite because they were found only in artifacts. New research, however, has shown that our understanding of New World potato consumption is biased by the fact the starchy vegetable is nearly always consumed in its entirety.

In a forthcoming article in the Journal of Archaeological Science, researchers Guy Duke of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Victor Vásquez-Sanchez and Teresa Rosales-Tham of Arqueobios in Peru outline their method of starch grain analysis from ceramic and stone artifacts to investigate the use of potatoes in the Moche diet.

Their archaeological investigation focused on the site of Wasi Huachuma, located in the lower Jequetepeque valley of Peru, dating to 600-850 AD or the later years of the Moche culture. This site featured a platform mound, associated out buildings, burials, and a large residential area. The Moche civilization is well known for massive ritual structures like the pyramidal Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna, as well as for their extensively varied ceramic tradition that includes depictions of sex acts. Some Moche religious practices even involved ritual human sacrifice.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: andes; godsgravesglyphs; moche; peru; potato; spuds; thisspudsforyou; wasihuachuma
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To: marktwain
The Moche appear to have literally destroyed their own future during a stretch of severe drought related to el Nino, to which their response was human sacrifice of their own young.

21 posted on 11/08/2018 11:51:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Depictions Of sex acts”

More Peruvian Potato porn.


22 posted on 11/08/2018 12:00:40 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6
The hypersexualized crowd would shout "Peel!" at the dancers.
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23 posted on 11/08/2018 12:14:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Flag_This

It was the same at Montezuma’s Well, and Montezuma’s Castle: “We’re not sure what they were afraid of...”


24 posted on 11/09/2018 3:36:21 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Someone apparently realized that the flaw in the study is that potatoes are usually totally consumed. Especially in times of famine.

Otherwise, we’d have artifacts of potato necklaces held together by golden chains. And every Irishman would claim to be a descendant of kings.


25 posted on 11/09/2018 10:27:09 AM PST by wildbill (Quis Custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen?)
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Their favorite cab service should be called Tuber.

26 posted on 11/10/2018 1:24:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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