Variación regional en la importancia y usos del maíz en el Formativo temprano y medio en la región olmeca: nuevos datos arqueobotánicos del asentamiento rural de San Carlos, Veracruz.
Palabras clave:
maíz, olmeca, agricultura, paleobotánicaResumen
Este artículo presenta los resultados de un análisis arqueobotánico de materiales obtenidos en el sitio de San Carlos, un asentamiento del Formativo temprano/medio ubicado en la cuenca del río Coatzacoalcos, a aproximadamente 9 km de San Lorenzo, Veracruz. Aunque en años recientes se han publicado datos arqueobotánicos sobre el área nuclear olmeca, todavía falta información para comprender las variaciones regionales y temporales de los hábitos alimenticios de los olmecas. Por ello presentamos los resultados macrobotánicos de San Carlos y proponemos una comparación cuantitativa con otros sitios del sur de Veracruz (La Joya y Tres Zapotes) que tienen elementos del periodo estudiado. El análisis revela que hay mucha variación entre los sitios, tanto en la existencia y abundancia del maíz como en la presencia de diferentes tipos de frutos, hecho que interpretamos, primero, por la ubicación geográfica de los asentamientos, directamente asociada al acceso a los recursos de las zonas ribereñas; y segundo, por la asociación a áreas con estructuras de poder sociopolítico en desarrollo.
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