Ancient Georgia feasts included cacao from Central America
Archaeologists found traces of cacao in pottery fragments from an 11th-century feast at Etowah, a Mississippian city in Georgia. The discovery indicates trade connections spanning at least 3,000 kilometers to Central America. The cacao likely played a role in the city's development.
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