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Phalaris Caroliniana or commonly known as maygrass is hidden among the cornfields of southeastern Arkansas. Maygrass was once a domesticated crop of indigenous people.

Photo Courtesy of Natalie Mueller

Searching For Crops Long Forgotten

By Natalie Guyette

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 3:15pm

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 5:15pm

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Over 2000 years ago many indigenous people living in North America were skilled at breeding and domesticating crops, such as the squash and sunflower we're familiar with today. But there are other crops, since returned to the wild, that were once staples in the diet of these people. We talk with one paleoethnobotanist about her quest fo find these "lost crops" and what she learns about the past along the way.

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