An Antiquity Project Gallery report on residue analysis of ceramic vessels from Mokaya sites on the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico, dated to the Barra ceramic phase, roughly 1900 to 1700 BCE, identifying theobromine residue from a prepared cacao beverage, among the earliest chemical evidence for cacao use in Mesoamerica.
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PublisherAntiquity Publications Ltd
URLhttps://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/powis314
Source Typereference
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Oldest Chocolate in the New World (Antiquity)
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This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Drinks, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Food Traditions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
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