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Earliest Mexican Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in the Maya Region: Implications for pre-Hispanic Animal Trade and the Timing of Turkey Domestication

Thornton, Erin Kennedy; Emery, Kitty F.; Speller, Camilla; Steadman, David; Matheny, Ray; Yang, Dongya (PLOS One, 2012)

Late Preclassic (300 BC–AD 100) turkey remains identified at the archaeological site of El Mirador (Petén, Guatemala) represent the earliest evidence of the Mexican turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in the ancient Maya world. ...