Pre-Columbian Foodways

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Detailed chemical composition of tequesquite, a pre-Hispanic and traditional mineral resource used in Mexico for culinary purposes

“…Probably, because their presence is a function of place and time of collection as mentioned above. The former Lake Texcoco, located at the bottom of the endorheic basin of the Valley of Mexico, supported important economic activities, such as collecting Spirulina (classified at present as Arthrospira maxima) and insects for human consumption (Parsons, 2010), but this alkaline and saline waters were also used for salt production, as has been documented by Apenes (1944), and addressed by Williams (1999). Parsons (1990) investigated salt production in San Cristobal Nexquipayac, a rural community located in the northeastern shoreline of the former Lake Texcoco, concluding that this is an ancestral activity whose procedures could be essentially the same applied since A. D. 1200.…”

“…In ancient Mesoamerican cultures (as in many other parts of the world), salt was a vital, essential mineral for human consumption, as well as for food preservation and fabrics dying (Williams, 2010). In Mexican pre-Hispanic societies, salt was produced mainly in saltworks located in coastal zones, but inland production was also important, as has been documented for Lake Cuitzeo and Lake Texcoco (Williams, 2010).…”

“…In Mexican pre-Hispanic societies, salt was produced mainly in saltworks located in coastal zones, but inland production was also important, as has been documented for Lake Cuitzeo and Lake Texcoco (Williams, 2010).…”

“…Nowadays it is still commercialized in some local and regional markets as little stones (Kennedy, 1998). Importance of tequesquite in other parts of ancient Mexico is mentioned by Williams (2010), in Lake Cuitzeo margins, where this mineral was also collected and commerce for human consume.…”