Meaning of maizeless | Babel Free

Definitions

Without maize.

not-comparable

Examples

“The long-occupied mound at Huaca Prieta in the Chicama Valley, the best-known site of the maizeless, potteryless, early farmers, was abandoned before the culture of its habitants had improved greatly, and the best data for the ensuing period come from excavations in the Virú Valley, a little to the south, where also is found a less-known site of the Early Agricultural Period, Cerro Prieto.”

“Our panning gaze returns for a moment to the mouth of the Chicama Valley, where the sedentary people of Huaca Prieta lived on, potteryless and maizeless, raising their beans, their squash, and their cotton, and using their gourds as utensils.”

“The Great Man had no choice but to do so; but by the afternoon of the following day Aziz was still tearfully maizeless.”

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