Joya de Cerén in El Salvador was a small Maya village buried by the Loma Caldera eruption around 600 CE, preserved in remarkable detail by the sheer volume of volcanic ash. Plant remains show chilies among the crops grown there. David DeWitt suggests the pods look like chili de árbol or something similar 🌋🌶️
Joya de Cerén: ash-buried Maya village reveals chili cultivation around 600 CE
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Key facts
- Joya de Cerén in El Salvador was a small Maya village buried by an eruption of the Loma Caldera around 600 CE.
- Because of the quality and sheer volume of volcanic ash, the site was preserved in remarkable detail, making it a Pompeii-like archaeological record.
- Plant remains show that chilies were among several crops being cultivated by the inhabitants.
- Pepper scholar David DeWitt proposed that the recovered chili pods are likely chili de arbol or something similar, based on pod characteristics.
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Joya de Cerén – La Libertad – El Salvadoroceanposse.com
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Joya de Cerénen.wikipedia.org
Joya de Cerén is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, containing the remains of a pre-Columbian Maya farming village.
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Sitewhc.unesco.org
Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c ...
Parque Arqueológico Joya de Ceréncultura.gob.sv
Este sitio evidencia la vida cotidiana de una aldea del Periodo Clásico Tardío que fue sepultada por la erupción del Volcán Loma Caldera, aproximadamente para ...
Joya de Cerén Archeological Parkelsalvador.travel
The Joya de Cerén Archaeological Park is an icon of pre-Hispanic culture that describes to visitors what the daily life of the Mayans was like.
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