Potassium alum has a variety of uses in our world. It is used in the preparation of flour and cheese and is used in OTC oral health products as an astringent.It can also be used for water clarification, seafood preservation, and pickling.otassium alum is not an antiperspirant active and products containing potassium alum have been found not to reduce sweat production in clinical testing. Potassium alum does contain aluminum, so in our Natural Confidence mineral salt roll-on products there is a low level of aluminum.
These three crops form the center of Mesoamerican agriculture. Maize, beans, and squash form a triad of products, commonly referred to as the . Three Sisters , that provided the people of Mesoamerica a complementing nutrient triangle.
The Olmec: The Olmec were the first great Mesoamerican civilization. They thrived along Mexicoâs gulf coast, mainly in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco, from about 1200 to 400 B.C., although there were pre-Olmec societies before that and post-Olmec (or Epi-Olmec) societies afterwards.wo major Olmec cities are known to researchers: San Lorenzo and La Venta. These are not the names the Olmec knew them by: their original names have been lost to time. San Lorenzo thrived from approximately 1200-900 B.C. and it was the greatest city in Mesoamerica at the time.