Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> Mihos Wrote:
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> > That is nothing short of amazing..I wish
> Egypt's
> > finds were so well preserved. Some are I
> suppose.
>
> I wish they were around here as well... I live in
> the southeastern US and its very wet and humid and
> things rot away pretty fast.
>
>
> > Have you read anything about cotton and
> potato
> > selection in their agriculture?
>
> The period in Andean history that I'm most
> interested in is called the Cotton Preceramic (or
> the Late Archaic... Andean chronology is not fully
> standardized yet) .. this time frame is from
> roughly 3,500 BC to 1900 BC .. its pretty fluid
> right now due to ongoing work in the Supe,
> Fortaleza, and Patvilca valleys in Peru. This is
> the time frame where cotton began to be
> domesticated. What are you interested in?
>
>
> > Yamashina was interested in how the Peruvians
> were
> > so adept at selecting for blue in corn and
> cotton
> > and potatoes. It was over my head.
>
> Selecting for blue? I'm afraid I don't
> understand.....
>

I think he is referring to the fact that native cottons come in varius colors as well as native varieties of potatoes and corn. I see nothing particularly adept-- they just retained the variety that was originally present. This differs from the praticlly monoclonal uniformity of commercial crops in the USA.
Bernard
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> I believe that if life gives you lemons, you
> should make lemonaide.
> And try to find someone whose life gave them
> vodka,
> and have a party ~~Ron "Tater Salad" White