🌬️ Guilá Naquitz Cave

Mexico · Americas · 16.98°N, 96.31°W

Guilá Naquitz Cave in Oaxaca, Mexico, is the site of early domestication of several food crops, including teosinte, squash from the genus Cucurbita, bottle gourds, and beans. This site is the location of the earliest known evidence for domestication of any crop on the continent, Cucurbita pepo, as well as the earliest known domestication of maize.

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Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	16.98°N, 96.31°W · view on map

Guilá Naquitz Cave is located in Mexico, in Americas.

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Balankanche · Burnet Cave · Candelaria Cave · Cave of the Crystals · Chiquihuite cave · Choo-Ha · Cueva de la Olla (archaeological site) · Frightful Cave · Juxtlahuaca · Loltun Cave.

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