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8000 BCE
Squash
Squash is domesticated -
5000 BCE
Chilli
Domestication of chilli in the Tehuacán valley of Mexico. -
4000 BCE
Beans
Beans are domesticated in Mexico’s Lerma-Santiago basin -
4000 BCE
Avocadoes
Earliest accont of the domestcation of avocadoes -
2700 BCE
Maize
Corn is first cultivated in this area -
1900 BCE
Cocoa
Cocoa plants are cultivated and made into a bitter beverage. -
1500 BCE
Ducks
Uncertain time frame of when ducks were domesticated -
1200 BCE
Dogs
Evidence suggest this is the earliest source of domesticated dogs in Mesoamerica -
200 BCE
Turkeys
Turkeys were domesticated as a food source and for Mayan rituals.