49 Chocolate Residue Found on Early Maya Plates, a First Chocolate Residue Found on Early Maya Plates, a First Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery ) Marty - 288 days ago - latimes.com Archaeologists have found residues of cacao -- or chocolate -- on 2,500-year-old plate fragments from the Northern Maya Lowlands in Yucatan, Mexico. Although cacao residue has been found in cups from other sites that are 1,000 years older add comment send green star

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