Comments on: More on the rescuing of Pawnee corn http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/06/more-on-the-rescuing-of-pawnee-corn/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Listman http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/06/more-on-the-rescuing-of-pawnee-corn/comment-page-1/#comment-897171 Mike Listman Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:02:15 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=6972#comment-897171 A colleague at CIMMYT has suggested a possible linkage with Mexican native maize varieties, more of the tropical rather than temperate corn belt type (possibly why the Pawnee materials might not have prospered at Oklahoma day-lengths...) You could possibly confirm the Aztec-Pawnee linkage through a quick comparative assay of the Pawnee language and Nahuatl, focusing on vocabulary for everyday objects and activities (obviously, those that would have existed in pre-Colombian times). cheers! A colleague at CIMMYT has suggested a possible linkage with Mexican native maize varieties, more of the tropical rather than temperate corn belt type (possibly why the Pawnee materials might not have prospered at Oklahoma day-lengths…)

You could possibly confirm the Aztec-Pawnee linkage through a quick comparative assay of the Pawnee language and Nahuatl, focusing on vocabulary for everyday objects and activities (obviously, those that would have existed in pre-Colombian times).

cheers!

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]]> By: Four Stone Hearth Volume 70 « Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/06/more-on-the-rescuing-of-pawnee-corn/comment-page-1/#comment-784739 Four Stone Hearth Volume 70 « Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:33:03 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=6972#comment-784739 [...] The Agricultural Biodiversity Blog needs your help. You can find out more in Pawnee Corn and More on the rescuing of Pawnee corn. [...] [...] The Agricultural Biodiversity Blog needs your help. You can find out more in Pawnee Corn and More on the rescuing of Pawnee corn. [...]

]]> By: Jacob http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/06/more-on-the-rescuing-of-pawnee-corn/comment-page-1/#comment-782156 Jacob Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:21:26 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=6972#comment-782156 Thank you, Tom, and Luigi. This is very interesting. Thank you, Tom, and Luigi. This is very interesting.

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