origen y tamal 26
There is evidence that the predominant cultures in the region of Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America ) they took the corn to other cultures and regions also brought with them dishes and ways of cooking corn. As the Tamale is a simple method of cooking of the corn, it is possible that he brought from Mexico to Central America and the South. However, according to the archaeologists Karl Taube, William Saturno and David Stuart tamales date from the year 100 b.c. They found pictorial references in the Mural of San Bartolo, Petén, Guatemala. Although tamales could have been transferred from a country to another, there is no evidence of where to where was the migration of the same, if it was North to South (Mexico to Central and South America ) or Central America to South and North America, or South America to North America ( from Peru to Central and South America ). The tamales are described in Mexico by fray Bernardino de Sahagún in his general history of the things of new Spain at the beginning of the 16th century.