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Re: Clever PC pre-columbians in Nature




On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:48:17 -0800, "John Schinnerer"
<johns@eco-living.net> wrote:

>There was an article in the NY times a few days ago, referring to a recent
>article in the journal Nature, which presented some theories on rather
>PC-like land use in South America, pre-Columbus.  Basically, there is
>physical evidence (earthworks) in the landscape that seasonal wet/dry
>savannah areas supported much larger populations than we "contemporary"
>types would think possible.  The inhabitants apparently built large ponds
>and canal networks to retain wet-season flood water and fish through the
>dry season, with palms planted along the canals and most likely fish weirs
>in them...haven't seen the full article but it sounds like interesting
>reading!

Fascinating. Is there a URL at the NYT website where we can read the
article in full?

Lawrence F. London, Jr. 
lflondon@mindspring.com    
london@metalab.unc.edu
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