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Naming a phantom – the quest to find the identity of Ulluchu, an unidentified ceremonial plant of the Moche culture in Northern Peru

The botanical identification of Ulluchu, an iconic fruit frequently depicted in the art of the pre-Columbian Moche culture that flourished from A.D. 100–800 on the Peruvian north coast, has eluded scientists since its documentation in ceramics in the 1930s. Moche fine-line drawings of Ulluchu normal...

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Autores principales: Bussmann, Rainer W, Sharon, Douglas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2670266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19335907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-8