Maize and Bone: Residues of Grinding in Northwestern Argentina*

作者：María del Pilar Babot, María C. Apella · 发表于：Archaeometry · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.1111/1475-4754.00099 · 被引用次数：61 · 研究领域：Archaeology and ancient environmental studies、Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies、Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies

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.