Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina

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Musaubach, María Gabriela; Plos, Anabela; Babot, Maria del Pilar
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2013
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This paper presents, for the first time, a detailed study, from an archaeological perspective, of the morphological characteristics of the starch grains within the kernels of selected native wild grasses found in the Central Pampas of Argentina. We compared native wild grasses to maize starch grains, which can be distinguished from each other based on their size, shape and other attributes. The majority of the studied grains did not share morphological characteristics with maize starch grains. Considering this, it can be said that, if irregular and polyhedral grains with transverse or radial fissures dominate the starch assemblage, maize identification may be done on the basis of both morphology and size. Additionally, this research contributes to the characterization of the starch grains of the Panicoideae subfamily, which includes maize. Several classes of simple and compound starch grains are described and defined for native species of Pooideae, Chloridoideae, Arundinoideae, and Panicoideae subfamilies. The results obtained may constitute a baseline for the future determination of maize and wild grass use in archaeological contexts belonging to Middle/Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Pampas of Argentina and neighboring areas.
Fil: Musaubach, María Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Museo Etnográfico "Juan B. Ambrosetti"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Plos, Anabela. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División de Plantas Vasculares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Babot, Maria del Pilar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Arqueología y Museo; Argentina
Materia
ARCHAEOBOTANY
CENTRAL PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA
MAIZE
STARCH
WILD GRASSES
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spelling Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of ArgentinaMusaubach, María GabrielaPlos, AnabelaBabot, Maria del PilarARCHAEOBOTANYCENTRAL PAMPAS OF ARGENTINAMAIZESTARCHWILD GRASSEShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6This paper presents, for the first time, a detailed study, from an archaeological perspective, of the morphological characteristics of the starch grains within the kernels of selected native wild grasses found in the Central Pampas of Argentina. We compared native wild grasses to maize starch grains, which can be distinguished from each other based on their size, shape and other attributes. The majority of the studied grains did not share morphological characteristics with maize starch grains. Considering this, it can be said that, if irregular and polyhedral grains with transverse or radial fissures dominate the starch assemblage, maize identification may be done on the basis of both morphology and size. Additionally, this research contributes to the characterization of the starch grains of the Panicoideae subfamily, which includes maize. Several classes of simple and compound starch grains are described and defined for native species of Pooideae, Chloridoideae, Arundinoideae, and Panicoideae subfamilies. The results obtained may constitute a baseline for the future determination of maize and wild grass use in archaeological contexts belonging to Middle/Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Pampas of Argentina and neighboring areas.Fil: Musaubach, María Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Museo Etnográfico "Juan B. Ambrosetti"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Plos, Anabela. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División de Plantas Vasculares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Babot, Maria del Pilar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Arqueología y Museo; ArgentinaElsevier2013-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/2815Musaubach, María Gabriela; Plos, Anabela; Babot, Maria del Pilar; Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina; Elsevier; Journal of Archaeological Science; 40; 2; 2-2013; 1186-11930305-4403enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.026info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440312004281info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:32:35Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/2815instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:32:35.495CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
title Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
spellingShingle Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
Musaubach, María Gabriela
ARCHAEOBOTANY
CENTRAL PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA
MAIZE
STARCH
WILD GRASSES
title_short Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
title_full Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
title_fullStr Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
title_sort Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Musaubach, María Gabriela
Plos, Anabela
Babot, Maria del Pilar
author Musaubach, María Gabriela
author_facet Musaubach, María Gabriela
Plos, Anabela
Babot, Maria del Pilar
author_role author
author2 Plos, Anabela
Babot, Maria del Pilar
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARCHAEOBOTANY
CENTRAL PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA
MAIZE
STARCH
WILD GRASSES
topic ARCHAEOBOTANY
CENTRAL PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA
MAIZE
STARCH
WILD GRASSES
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper presents, for the first time, a detailed study, from an archaeological perspective, of the morphological characteristics of the starch grains within the kernels of selected native wild grasses found in the Central Pampas of Argentina. We compared native wild grasses to maize starch grains, which can be distinguished from each other based on their size, shape and other attributes. The majority of the studied grains did not share morphological characteristics with maize starch grains. Considering this, it can be said that, if irregular and polyhedral grains with transverse or radial fissures dominate the starch assemblage, maize identification may be done on the basis of both morphology and size. Additionally, this research contributes to the characterization of the starch grains of the Panicoideae subfamily, which includes maize. Several classes of simple and compound starch grains are described and defined for native species of Pooideae, Chloridoideae, Arundinoideae, and Panicoideae subfamilies. The results obtained may constitute a baseline for the future determination of maize and wild grass use in archaeological contexts belonging to Middle/Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Pampas of Argentina and neighboring areas.
Fil: Musaubach, María Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Museo Etnográfico "Juan B. Ambrosetti"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Plos, Anabela. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División de Plantas Vasculares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Babot, Maria del Pilar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Arqueología y Museo; Argentina
description This paper presents, for the first time, a detailed study, from an archaeological perspective, of the morphological characteristics of the starch grains within the kernels of selected native wild grasses found in the Central Pampas of Argentina. We compared native wild grasses to maize starch grains, which can be distinguished from each other based on their size, shape and other attributes. The majority of the studied grains did not share morphological characteristics with maize starch grains. Considering this, it can be said that, if irregular and polyhedral grains with transverse or radial fissures dominate the starch assemblage, maize identification may be done on the basis of both morphology and size. Additionally, this research contributes to the characterization of the starch grains of the Panicoideae subfamily, which includes maize. Several classes of simple and compound starch grains are described and defined for native species of Pooideae, Chloridoideae, Arundinoideae, and Panicoideae subfamilies. The results obtained may constitute a baseline for the future determination of maize and wild grass use in archaeological contexts belonging to Middle/Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Pampas of Argentina and neighboring areas.
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Musaubach, María Gabriela; Plos, Anabela; Babot, Maria del Pilar; Differentiation of Maize (Zea mays L.) from native wild grasses based on starch grain morphology. Cases from the Central Pampas of Argentina; Elsevier; Journal of Archaeological Science; 40; 2; 2-2013; 1186-1193
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