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>> By the 20th century, archaeologists had yet to confirm the rumours, and argued that the Amazon’s nutrient-poor soil was inadequate for supporting large-scale
by ellopoppit 4y ago
>> By the 20th century, archaeologists had yet to confirm the rumours, and argued that the Amazon’s nutrient-poor soil was inadequate for supporting large-scale agriculture
Those archaelogists were also ignorant of Terra Preta
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta
- ch4s3 4y agoYeah, the next half of the paragraph I quoted mentions that. I'm not sure if the range of Terra Preta extends all the way to the site in question, but it may. Either way it seems like some amount of soil improvement was happening on all of the mounds I've read about in the region.