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Cushaw Squash<\/h1>\n

(Cucurbita argyrosperma)
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Squash (Cucurbita pepo <\/em>var. ovifera) was a native domesticate in the Eastern Woodlands. Another species of squash (Cucurbita argyrosperma)<\/em> was domesticated in Mexico and made its way to the Eastern Woodlands to become part of the diet. <\/p>\n

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Cushaw Squash References<\/h2>\n

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Fritz, Gayle<\/p>\n

1986\u00a0\u00a0 Prehistoric Ozark Agriculture: The University of Arkansas Rockshelter Collections. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

1994\u00a0\u00a0 Precolumbian Cucurbita argyrosperma <\/em>ssp. argyrosperma <\/em>(Cucurbitaceae) in the Eastern Woodlands of North America. Economic Botany<\/em> 48:280-292.<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0 Feeding Cahokia: Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland. <\/em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n

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