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Scale of Traits
Present in Mesoamerica
and Neighboring Culture Areas

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TRAIT	SOUTHWEST	SOUTHEAST	AMAZONIA	CHIBCHA	ANDEAN	MESOAMERICA
Cultivation	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ceramics	X	X	X	X	X	X
Corn	X	X	X	X	X	X
Beans	X	X	X	X	X	X
Squash	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cotton	X		X	X	X	X
Potato		X	X	X	X	X
Blowgun		X	X	X	X	X
Head Trophies		X	X	X	X	X
Human sacrifice		X		X	X	X
Confession		X	X		X	X
Cannibalism		X	X	X		X
Sweet cassava (manioc)			X	X	X	X
Chile			X	X	X	X
Pineapple			X	X	X	X
Avocado			X	X	X	X
Papaya			X	X	X	X
Zapote			X	X	X	X
Spondia			X	X	X	X
Fattened voiceless dog			X	X	X	X
Duck			X	X	X	X
Woven shields			X	X	X	X
Lances			X	X	X	X
Metallurgy			X	X	X	X
Roads paved with stone			X	X	X	X
Markets			X	X	X	X
Cultivation done by men	X			X	X	X
Construction of stone or clay	X			X	X	X
Sandals	X			X	X	X
Terracing for cultivation				X	X	X
Hanging bridges				X	X	X
Gourd rafts				X	X	X
Clans of calpulli-ayllu type					X	X
Removing heart from living persons					X	X
Sprinkling sanctuaries with blood					X	X
Basketwork blowing fan			X			X
Plates for cooking bread			X			X
Game with rubber ball			X			X
Wooden drum with languettes			X			X
Drinking ground-up bones of deceased relatives	X	X
Matrilineal clans	X	X
Poisoned weapons	X	X	X
Palm trees	X		X	X
Adornment of edge of ear	X	X	X		X
Cocoa	X		X	X	X

Adapted from Kirchhoff, Paul. "Meso-America," in Heritage of Conquest, Sol Tax, ed., pp. 17-30. Glencoe, Illinois, 1952.

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