[Fred Nerks]

The plants we found in northern Peru did not typically grow in the wild in that area," Dillehay said. "We believe they must have therefore been domesticated elsewhere first and then brought to this valley by traders or mobile horticulturists.

[Fred Nerks]

the article reminds me of:

http://www.1421.tv/assets_cm/files/image/pumpkinthumb.jpg

Pumpkins in China?

Reader Carlos Jimenez was puzzled to come across this sculpture of a pumpkin when visiting an exhibition of the famous Xi’’An terracotta warriors from Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi’’s burial complex. The objects in the exhibition are all dated to be from the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) or the Han Dynasty (206BC-220 AD). If, as most encyclopedias will tell you, pumpkins originated in the Americas, how did this sculpture come to be part of this fascinating collection? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.1421.tv/gallery.asp?Section=Stone%20buildings,%20mortar%20and%20carvings#

[pabianice]

They wouldn’t eat it either, huh?

[Grizzled Bear]

Sir, are you implying that zucchini are migratory?

[elkfersupper]

How can that be?

The earth itself is only 6,000 years old (/sarcasm).

[Gideon T. Reader]

I have made a note of this.

[muawiyah]

The "somewhere else", although not dated to this period, seems to have been in the vicinity of Mammoth Cave, KY, and environs to the North of there.

The archaeologist at Indiana University who determined that this area was one of the world's primary points of plant domestication followed up with an invite to France to work on recently discovered caves full of paintings.

Others have continued the work of discovering just how old agriculture is in Kentuckiana (as the TV folks call it). The vast numbers of dry caves in the region give them the opportunity to find ancient seeds.

[blam]

Some pictures here of peanuts and cotton found at this site:

Earliest-known evidence of peanut, cotton and squash farming found

[Wheee The People]

I think they served some of that squash from Peru in the college cafateria.

[Verginius Rufus]

There was a thread this morning about some supposedly Incan bones dating from about 1000 years ago found in Norway. It looks like the Vikings were in search of squash.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Fred. 9200 year old squash? Geez, it must be a huge SOB by now.

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Trying To Fathom Farming’s Origins
The Columbus Dispatch | 8-14-2007 | Bradley T Lepper
Posted on 08/15/2007 1:42:04 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881608/posts

Andean Crops Cultivated Almost 10,000 Years Ago
Discover Magazine | 1-15-2008 | Michael Abrams
Posted on 01/17/2008 6:55:35 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955416/posts

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