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Anthropology

Judi Lynn

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8. Definitely want to know everything they can share, as soon as possible.

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 14, 2019, 02:05 AM

Nov 2019

At Machu Picchu they did use terraces for agriculture, and also created excellent water channels which brought water for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, here's a link to a page of photos of these constructions. I was in shock the first time I heard of them:

https://tinyurl.com/sm2nzvq

Far, far beyond anything U.S. school children are raised to believe ancient Peruvians were capable of creating, isn't it? My gosh.

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Archaeologists find ancient site older than Machu Picchu [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2019 OP

Remarkable what a civilization can achieve without cell phones and TV packman Nov 2019 #1

and oxygen! 4,000 meters is really high! lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #4

Thoughtful of the ancients to build in the stratosphere so that their sites could remain fairly Karadeniz Nov 2019 #2

Definitely want to know everything they can share, as soon as possible. Judi Lynn Nov 2019 #8

raises eyebrow and says "fascinating." AllaN01Bear Nov 2019 #3

Super cool. I've just been reading klook Nov 2019 #5

Mann's book is really interesting - I learned a lot from it csziggy Nov 2019 #7

It was a shock to learn how enormous some of their ocean-going ships were. Judi Lynn Nov 2019 #11

It's about time this culture awakened to what has happened right in the Western Hemisphere,right?n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2019 #9

It looks very well laid out and organized. keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #6

It was a shock to look at the photo long enough to see the vegetation-covered mountain peak Judi Lynn Nov 2019 #10