The oldest reported chili remains reach back to 8,000 BCE, but that attribution is disputed: capsicum seeds from Guitarrero Cave in Peru may be much younger, since associated bean remains there only date to 2,000–1,000 BCE. Firmer ground: seeds at Huaca Prieta, Peru, dated 5,500–4,500 BCE 🌱
Earliest chili remains: Guitarrero Cave claim disputed; Huaca Prieta seeds 5,500-4,500 BCE
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- The oldest reported chili remains may date as far back as 8,000 BCE, though that attribution is disputed.
- At Guitarrero Cave in Peru, capsicum seeds were reported from a deposit allegedly dated to 8,000 BCE; associated bean remains at the site date to 2,000-1,000 BCE, so the pepper remains may be much younger.
- At the pre-ceramic site of Huaca Prieta in Peru, capsicum seeds date to between 5,500 and 4,500 BCE.
- At Real Alto and Loma Alta in Ecuador, capsicum starch grains were recovered and dated to about 4,000 BCE.
- At the Aguadulce rock shelter in Panama, chili remains date to 3,600 BCE.
- These early chili remains include several different species, reflecting multiple independent domestications from multiple species.
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Some of the evidence of early domesticated Phaseolus beans, chili, corn and other cultivars have been argued for Guitarrero.
Plant Remains from Guitarrero Cavescienceopen.com
Study of archaeological material of chili peppers ( Capsicum … the first species to be cultivated was C. baccatum. This pepper reached the Peruvian coast. ...
(PDF) Chronology of Guitarrero Cave, Peruresearchgate.net
Large seed size, which correlates with loss of the hard seed coat cuticle that is impenetrable to the South American bru- chid weevil, should have 11).
El Guitarrero Cave, Ancash, Peru - Map, Guidealltrails.com
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