r/Archaeology • u/Dorian182 • 3d ago

Cacao DNA found in 1,000-year-old Georgia pottery reveals the earliest known chocolate east of the Mississippi

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-pottery-reveals-the-earliest-known-traces-of-chocolate-east-of-the-mississippi-painting-a-picture-of-connection-in-the-americas-180989559/
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u/Dorian182 3d ago

the cacao reached georgia long before european contact, but the trade route is still uncertain.