Indigenous cuisine of the Americas Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
food and drink of peoples Indigenous to the Americas
About Indigenous cuisine of the Americas
TheNeolithic revolution—where agriculture began and people who had previously been hunter-gatherers settled near their crops and soon developed irrigation and cities—seems to have occurred independently in at least half a dozen places around the world, including two in the Americas. One was among theIndigenous cultures of Mesoamericawho developed agriculture based on the "three sisters"—corn (maize), beans and squash—starting before 7000 BCE. Later their crops and techniques spread to other indigenous groups across North America. Mesoamerica also made other important contributions to world cuisine, notably chocolate and chili peppers. The other was among theIncas, with a different mix of crops. Their great contributions to world cuisine were the potato and sweet potato.
Indigenous cuisine of the Americas Travel Guide Sections
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