  We show how to obtain information about the states of an effective field
theory in terms of the underlying fundamental theory. In particular we analyze
the spectroscopic nature of meson resonances from the meson-meson scattering
amplitudes of the QCD low energy effective theory, combined with the expansion
in the large number of colors. The vectors follow a qqbar behavior, whereas the
sigma, kappa and f_0(980) scalars disappear for large N_c, in support of a
qqqbarqbar-like nature. The a_0 shows a similar pattern, but the uncertainties
are large enough to accommodate both interpretations.
