Ceremonial Room

Photographer: o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
From: Gila Mountains/Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico: May 2004

Ceremonial Room

There are still lots small ears of corn on the ground, undisturbed for 800 years! Because corn has been so heavily selectively bred in the last 200 years to the 1 foot long corn cobs we know today, it was really eerie to see these ancient corn cobs that were only 5 inches long! Early domesticated corn more resembeled the grass it was bred from...