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The process to develop the agricultural knowledge of crop domestication took place over 5,000–6,500 years in Mesoamerica. Squash was domesticated first, with maize second and then beans being domesticated, becoming part of the Three Sisters agricultural system of companion planting. [11] [12]
Squash was domesticated first, followed by maize and then beans, becoming part of the Three Sisters agricultural system of companion planting. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] The English word "squash" derives from askutasquash (a green thing eaten raw), a word from the Narragansett language , which was documented by Roger Williams , the founder of Rhode Island ...
Like maize, squash also was domesticated once then spread through trade, but other crops appear to have been domesticated multiple times by different groups of Mesoamerican peoples. [26] Squash (Cucurbita pepo) was domesticated by 8000 BCE based on dated squash remains found in Guilá Naquitz. [ 29 ]
The process to develop the agricultural knowledge for cultivation took place over a 5,000 to 6,500 year period. Squash was domesticated first, with maize second and beans third. [21] [22] Squash was first domesticated some 8,000–10,000 years ago. [23] [24]
Cucurbita argyrosperma, commonly known as cushaw, kershaw, or silver-seed gourd, is a species of squash most grown most frequently in North and Central America, and believed to originate from southern Mexico.
Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of a pre-colonial “garden city” in Bolivia where ancient Amazon people lived largely reliant on maize agriculture and raising muscovy ducks.
Corn, beans and squash were domesticated in Mesoamerica around 3500 BCE. Potatoes , quinoa and manioc were domesticated in South America. In what is now the eastern United States, Native Americans domesticated sunflower and sumpweed around 2500 BCE .
Wadi Kubbaniya is a Late Paleolithic site in Upper Egypt. [1] Archaeologists initially believed that the site held evidence for some of the earliest examples of agriculture. [1]