| reassessing coxcatlan cave and the early history of domesticated plants in mesoamerica. | reanalysis and direct accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating of the cucurbit assemblage from coxcatlan cave provide information on the timing and sequence of the initial appearance of three domesticated plants in the tehuacán valley (puebla, mexico) and allow reassessment of the overall temporal context of plant domestication in mexico. cucurbita pepo is the earliest documented domesticate in the cave, dating to 7,920 calibrated calendrical (cal) years b.p. the bottle gourd (lagenaria ... | 2005 | 15908505 |