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Ceramic Depictions of Maize: A Basis for Classification of Prehistoric Races

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Mary Eubanks Dunn
Mary Eubanks Dunn*
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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Abstract

An investigation of ceramic models of maize is reported. Nineteen races are identified on 35 Moche jars. A review of the literature is presented. Methodological considerations and problems in the classification of archaeological maize are discussed. The maize races depicted are described and discussed in terms of their archaeological significance. The findings indicate that by A.D. 800, the north coast of Peru was a center of cultural exchange among diverse groups from a wide geographical area.

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American Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 757 - 774
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1979

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