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Science 15 May 1981:
Vol. 212. no. 4496, pp. 811 - 812
DOI: 10.1126/science.212.4496.811
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Beans for Valdivia

JONATHAN E. DAMP 1, DEBORAH M. PEARSALL 2, and LAWRENCE T. KAPLAN 3

1 Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
2 Department of Anthropology, American Archaeology Division, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211
3 Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston 02125

Carbonized remains of Canavalia beans were recovered from archaeological deposits excavated at Real Alto (OGCh-12), southwestern Ecuador. The identification, context and dating of the earliest beans from Real Alto demonstrate their use from the beginning of Valdivia (about 3300 B.C.) and the Early Formative in coastal Ecuador.

Submitted on January 29, 1981


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