Archaeological Evidence of Cherimoya (Annona Cherimolia Mill.) and Guanabana (Annona Muricata L.) in Ancient Peru

Duccio Bonavia; Carlos M. Ochoa; Óscar Tovar S.; Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino

doi:10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0509:AEOCAC]2.0.CO;2

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Duccio Bonavia,¹ Carlos M. Ochoa,² Óscar Tovar S.,³ Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino⁴

¹(Laboratorio de Prehistoria, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Apartado 4314, Lima 100, Peru)
²(Centro Internacional de la Papa, Lima, Peru)
³(Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru)
⁴(Departamento de Humanidades, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru)

Abstract

The results of this study confirm the presence of both guanabana and cherimoya in ancient Peru. Our evidence consists of linguistic data and botanical remains of plants that were found in archaeological contexts, as well as ceramic phytomorphic representations of the fruits.

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Duccio Bonavia, Carlos M. Ochoa, Óscar Tovar S., and Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino "Archaeological Evidence of Cherimoya (Annona Cherimolia Mill.) and Guanabana (Annona Muricata L.) in Ancient Peru," Economic Botany 58(4), 509-522, (1 December 2004). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0509:AEOCAC]2.0.CO;2

Received: 6 March 2004; Accepted: 1 August 2004; Published: 1 December 2004