

The Mesoamerican Archaic
Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism by Thomas Preston Floyd
S4 · E91
Mar 30, 2026
32:42
Episode notes
This week we talk about two regions of what is now Mexico, the Tehuacán and Oaxaca Valleys. I discuss how each of these regions show clear evidence of continued hunter gather economies steadily beginning to embrace early domesticated strains of local cucubrita, beans, fruits, nuts as well as teosinte (zea maize) from the nearby Balsas River basin.
I also discussed the science article about dating at an important South American site in Chile: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9217?utm_campaign=ScienceMagazine&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=twitter
Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod
YouTube: https://youtu.be/jC4PD1vkqYU
Keywords
history
prehistory
archeology
agriculture
hunting
gathering
mexico
maize
north america
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