New Article on Quinoa and Kañawa in the Ancient Andes by Langlie
Check out Dr. Langlie's new article in the journal Vegetation History and Archaeobotany titled: Morphological Analysis of Late Pre-Hispanic Peruvian Chenopodium spp. This research focuses on her analysis of chenopods from the site Ayawiri, a Late Intermediate period (AD 1100-1450) hillfort located near Puno, Peru. During excavations directed by Dr. Elizabeth Arkush from the University of Pittsburgh, caches of chenopods that filled up jars were found burned below house floors.