Guitarrero Cave. Early Man in the Andes by Thomas F. Lynch

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This may indicate that the corn reported from Complex I I I times on was brought into the cave already husked. 1 It was used by the ancient Peruvians and Araucanos pustules, and for curing pyorrhea and inflamed gums. It served as a diuretic, to cleanse Pollen Analysis and Paleoethnobotany CYPERACEAE: SEDGE FAMILY The nonobservance of this family in the macrofossil assemblage is surprising given the emphasis on cordage technology. The stems of Scirpus spp. {totora) were used extensively for weaving, matting, rope cordage, and basketry (Cardich 1976:31).

E. , personal communication). 2. ) on the floodplains. Total Compositae pollen also tends to increase at this point, as might be expected with soil disturbance associated with agricultural activities. It is also possible that some member of this extremely numerous family was being intentionally cultivated. 3. The sudden rise in both Cheno-Am and Verbena pollen during this period may indicate a weedy resurgence as well as the possible intentional cropping of Chenopodium quinoa. The recurrence of Cruciferae (mustard family) in Pollen Zone 4 may also indicate its subsequent resurgence as a weedy species after its initial elimination with cultivation.

COMPLEX I! Complex II consists of two apparently contemporary but now physically discrete beds. In squares A l , A2, B l , and B2 at the rear of the cave, Complex II is represented by a coarse gray silty sand containing numerous land snail shells and chipped stone artifacts. 3). 4). In the front of the cave an intact dry midden occupied the equivalent 36 Thomas F. Lynch position between the orange sand below and the obviously disturbed ceramicbearing midden above. The entirely preceramic cultural content appeared to be the same as in the gray sand stratum, with the addition of organic artifacts and matted vegetation which has been fortuitously preserved in grid squares A4, B5, C5, C6, and D6.

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