Abstract
Here, we present new data on how to identify both the wild and domesticated forms of kañawa (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) in the archeological record of Andean South America using characteristics of their seed morphology. The ability to identify both the domesticated and wild forms of kañawa is an essential step in advancing our understanding of the processes of its domestication, diversification, and the role it has played in past food systems throughout the Andes.
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Se presentan nuevos datos sobre la identificación arqueológica de las especies domesticadas y silvestres de kañawa (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) utilizando características de la morfología de sus semillas. La capacidad de identificar las formas domesticadas y silvestres de kañawa es un paso clave para avanzar nuestra comprensión de los procesos de su domesticación, diversificación y entender su lugar en los sistemas alimentarios pasados de los Andes.
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The analysis of the modern illama specimens as well as the archeological specimens from Tiwanaku was made possible through a Smithsonian Institution Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at the National Museum of Natural History. Bruno is very grateful for the support and training provided by Bruce Smith and Scott Whittaker while at the NMNH. National Science Foundation dissertation improvement grant (#0321720 with David Browman) supported the SEM analysis at Washington University in St. Louis, and Gayle Fritz and Michael Veith provided support and training. Rob Dean provided training and support at Dickinson College. We thank the Taraco Archeological Project, directed by Christine Hastorf and Matthew Bandy, as well as the Proyecto Jach’a Marka, directed by Nicole Couture and Deborah Blom, for obtaining the archeological specimens. Finally, we would like to thank Christine Hastorf and Gayle Fritz for their feedback on the early stages of this article.
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Bruno, M.C., Pinto, M. & Rojas, W. Identifying Domesticated and Wild Kañawa (Chenopodium pallidicaule) in the Archeobotanical Record of the Lake Titicaca Basin of the Andes. Econ Bot 72, 137–149 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-018-9416-4
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