Timucuan Indians planting maize, from 'Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americai provincia Gallis acciderunt', published in 1591 with engravings by Theodore de Bry (1528-98). The American Indians began raising squash 7,000 years ago. During the next
Timucuan Indians planting maize, from 'Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americai provincia Gallis acciderunt', published in 1591 with engravings by Theodore de Bry (1528-98). The American Indians began raising squash 7,000 years ago. During the next several thousand years, Indians east of the Mississippi River domesticated and cultivated sunflowers, goosefoot, and sump weed or marsh elder. Ancient farmers in Mesoamerica domesticated corn, or Zea mays, the cultivation of which spread northward after 3,400 BC and reached eastern North America about 2,000 years ago. By 800 AD, many Indian groups had adopted maize agriculture, and by 1000 AD, they had developed a complex agriculture based on three major crops; corn, beans, and squash. By The time of European contact they were raising all types of corn known today: flint, flour, pop, dent, and sweet. Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (1533-1588) was a French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native American, colonial life and plants are of extraordinary historical importance. His drawings of the cultures commonly referred to as the Timucua (known through their reproduction by the Dutch publisher Theodor de Bry) are largely regarded as some of the most accessible data about the cultures of the Southeastern Coastal United States; however, many of these depictions and maps are currently being questioned by historians and archaeologists as to their authenticity.
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