Cotton
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Agriculture
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Mexico, United States, South America
Article abstract: Cotton, a South American domesticate, spread to the American Southwest and was cultivated by the historic Pima for fiber and food
Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) has a highly complex domestication history with independent domestications in both Africa and South America. All cotton in pre-Columbian America descended from that domesticated in coastal Peru sometime before 4,000 b.c.e. Cotton spread northward through Central America and Mexico, finally entering North America in the Southwest. People of the Hohokam archaeological tradition,...
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