It is difficult to find a culture that does not have some form of flatbread. The Wikipedia article provides a lengthy list, listing types and locations.
Did flatbread first appear in one place and then spread to all of the others?
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4I suspect this is in the realm of prehistory.– MCW ♦Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 15:06
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3According to Wikipedia, corn tortillas in the Americas predate European contact. On that basis, the answer would be no.– neubauCommented Sep 11, 2014 at 16:10
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Not sure we can rule out some knowledge of flatbread early enough that the Bering Strait was still passable, so perhaps tortillas could have come from Asia via Siberia.– user_1818839Commented Jan 1, 2015 at 10:45
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@ Brian Drummond Except that maize didn't develop for thousands of years after leaving Asia, & I do not recall any early site finds of manos and metates or other means of grinding grain. SoCal natives ground acorns, but did not make flatbread, IIRC.– Zither13Commented Apr 17, 2015 at 10:37
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