Green Maize at Aspero

Aspero is an archaeological site that is located in the Supe Valley of Peru. The site has played an important role in the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization (MFAC) theory. Excavations of the site have revealed the presence of some maize. During the past few decades the town of Puerto Supe began using Aspero as the town dump and much of this important site was buried under trash. In 2005 Ruth Shady and Michael Moseley organized efforts to remove the trash from Aspero. The lion's share of the garbage was hauled away by trucks, but there are still remnant scatters of modern trash still found on the surface of the site. This green plastic fragment of maize represents one remnant fragment of this trash.