A Variety of Maize from the Rio Loa
1943; Missouri Botanical Garden; Volume: 30; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2394309
ISSN2162-4372
Autores Tópico(s)Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
ResumoIn our collections of maize, two ears procured by Carl and Jonathan Sauer at a remote oasis on the Rio Loa in northern Chile are of particular interest. They are in various ways more like prehistoric Peruvian maize than anything else in our collections. In several peculiar characters they also bear a close resemblance to certain Oriental varieties. These facts reopen the entire problem of pre-Columbian contacts between the New World and the -Orient. The actual facts concerning these remarkable plants are summarized below; the questions which they raise are so vast and are in such different fields that even a preliminary discussion of their significance must be a cooperative, long-time program. Jonathan Sauer has contributed the following note concerning the locality where the ears were collected:
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