Yucca cultivated in El Salvador going back 1400 years

[Mike R]

Listeros,

Archaeological investigations at the site of Joya El Ceren in El
Salvador has found that yucca has been used by the Maya in that area
going back 1,400 years. Yucca plantations have been found undedr 14
layers of ash from the volcano that destroyed El Ceren in ancient
times. Beans, squash, cacao, guava and chile have also been found
buried under the ash.

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http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?
option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=39&Itemid=150

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