Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc 1,400 Years Ago
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 14:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Archeologists have uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely preserved under a blanket of ash by a volcanic eruption in present-day El Salvador 1,400 years ago.
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