Stephanie Wrote:
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> Sorry for the delay in reply--been moving and
> finally got my dsl!
>
> Yes, the larger loom and silversmithing both were
> picked up "along the way" though I think it was
> smithing, in general, that was picked up from the
> Spanish and silversmithing came even later. I'd
> doublecheck but, lol, most of my books on the
> topic are packed and buried, atm.
>
> There was no references cited and, from the looks
> of it, I haven't received any email in response to
> my query about the "pre-Spanish" peaches. I'm
> guessing that either a. the email provided is no
> longer good or b. there are no references. At
> this point, I'm placing my bets on the Spanish,
> lol.
>
> Stephanie
>
> Moderator
> The Hall of Ma'at
Some years back, in my pre-Ma'at days, this topic came up in a discussion thread. I researched it extensively then, and found absolutely no evidence for pre-Columbian occurance of genuine peaches. There were assorted cites being tossed at me, but they all turned out to be significantly post-contact, to refer to something other than peaches, or to be mistaken cites based on a confusion of actual peaches for various inedible "wild peaches".... some of which were not even botanically related to real peaches, and simply had "peach" in the name. Heh, one cite even referred to a peach colored WILDFLOWER!
I seriously doubt that any radically new evidence has turned up in these last 5-8 years. Especially given how pseudoscientific claims keep reincarnating every few years, as a new crop of fools reads the same tattered old books picked up in yard sales.
Kenuchelover.