Tag Archive for 'Mexican marigold'

Ancient May paneled flask with narrow aperture (top), sculpted flask with narrow aperture (bottom left) and sculpted flask with wide aperture (bottom right). Image credit: Zimmermann et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81158-y.

Archaeologists Find Traces of Tobacco, Mexican Marigold in Ancient Maya Flasks

Jan 18, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of archaeologists from the United States and Mexico have detected mixtures of tobacco and a non-tobacco plant called the Mexican marigold (Tagetes...