0 a plant that grows in the hot, dry parts of the southern US and South America. There are many different types of agave and the plants have thick long or rounded leaves with sharp points on them, and tall flowers.
Given the fact that wild agave is abundant throughout the basin, the interpretation of these combustion features as mescal ovens does not seem farfetched.
We have no figures on the caloric and nutritional values of roasted agave flesh.
The cotton textile appears to be in addition to and overlaying the agave fiber textiles and adornments that covered the interments.
This finding agrees with those investigators who refer to agave as the principal source of fiber for textiles as well as cordage.
In the highlands, agave products are eaten most often just before harvests when stores of maize are lowest.
The hard fibers from agave leaves are actually bundles of individual sclerenchyma fibers that are usually associated with vascular bundles of the leaf.
The commodities included craft items such as groundstone tools and painted gourds as well as agricultural specialities such as agave for fiber.
Therefore, most agave plants will be unproductive in any given year and will occupy a good deal of planting space.
