Photo: Ancient Farm Discovery Yields Clues to Maya Diet



Anthropologist Payson Sheets holds a modern manioc root (top) and a plaster cast taken from a planting bed at an ancient Maya farm (bottom). The cast represents the first proof that the Maya cultivated manioc, also known as cassava or yuca.

Photograph courtesy Payson Sheets


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