Paleoethnobotany
Starch Granule Evidence for the Presence of Chuño at the Middle Horizon (A.D. 600-1000) Site of Quilcapampa La Antigua, Peru
Melton, Mallory A. and Biwer, Matthew E.
Chuño is created by subjecting Solanum subspecies or other tubers to a process of freeze-drying that reduces their weight and renders them highly storable. Despite the importance of chuño within traditional Andean foodways, we...
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