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ACEITUNO, FRANCISCO J.  e  LALINDE, VERÓNICA. Starch grains residues and the management of plants during the Middle Holocene in the Middle Cauca (Colombia). Caldasia [online]. 2011, vol.33, n.1, pp.1-20. ISSN 0366-5232.

This paper presents starch grain data that suggest pant usage by human foragers that inhabited the San Eugenio River Basin (Middle Cauca) in the first half of the middle Holocene. A large number of starch grains (325) were recovered from grinding tools (manos and bases) from the preceramic levels at La Pochola archaeological site. The data suggest the exploitation of carbohydrate-rich plants, amongst which a variety of Phaseolus (wild or domesticated) is found, placing the Middle Cauca region in to an important place to study the domestication and expansion of this gender. We then propose a forest management model based on the selective use of plants and the increase local plant diversity, that preceded the arrival and use of foreign domesticates.

Palavras-chave : Colombia; Middle Cauca; Middle Holocene; starch grains; Phaseolus.

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