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Cacao may have been consumed at feasts in the 12th century by Mississippian people in the city of Etowah, in the modern state of Georgia

08.26.26 | PLOS

Cacao in the Mississippian World: Archaeogenomic evidence for T. cacao consumption at the Etowah Site, Georgia

Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site. Credit: Archaeo-Geophysical Associates, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Cacao may have been consumed at feasts in the 12th century by Mississippian people in the city of Etowah, in the modern state of Georgia

Article URL : https://plos.io/4wmrtht

Article title: Cacao in the Mississippian World: Archaeogenomic evidence for T. cacao consumption at the Etowah Site, Georgia

Author countries: US, France.

Funding: XA, HV, JU, BR, OF, CL all participated in the MUSE Amazacacao project publicly funded through ANR (the French National Research Agency) under the “Investissement de avenir” program with the reference ANR-16-IDEX-0006. http://anr.fr/en/ .

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0353607

Cacao in the Mississippian World: Archaeogenomic evidence for T. cacao consumption at the Etowah Site, Georgia

26-Aug-2026

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Anthropology Archaeology Social Sciences

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PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0353607

Article Publication Date

2026-08-26

Article Title

Cacao in the Mississippian World: Archaeogenomic evidence for T. cacao consumption at the Etowah Site, Georgia

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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PLOS. (2026, August 26). Cacao may have been consumed at feasts in the 12th century by Mississippian people in the city of Etowah, in the modern state of Georgia. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDJ6KNL/cacao-may-have-been-consumed-at-feasts-in-the-12th-century-by-mississippian-people-in-the-city-of-etowah-in-the-modern-state-of-georgia.html

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"Cacao may have been consumed at feasts in the 12th century by Mississippian people in the city of Etowah, in the modern state of Georgia." Brightsurf News, Aug. 26 2026, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDJ6KNL/cacao-may-have-been-consumed-at-feasts-in-the-12th-century-by-mississippian-people-in-the-city-of-etowah-in-the-modern-state-of-georgia.html.