Study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 13:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A University of Colorado at Boulder team has 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.