[Terrapreta] Fwd: Google Alert - "terra preta "
Sean K. Barry
sean.barry at juno.com
Thu Sep 6 20:06:49 EDT 2007
Hi Lou,
You gotta know the answer to this question. Ask Robert Klein to establish this "corn" hypothesis for you. It's his hypothesis. I think he went right to theory, when corn pollen was found on the South American continent recently.
Regards,
SKB
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From: lou gold<mailto:lou.gold at gmail.com>
To: Michael Bailes<mailto:michaelangelica at gmail.com>
Cc: terrapreta<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Fwd: Google Alert - "terra preta "
I'm wondering if anyone has established whether or not corn was cultivated by the Terra Preta cultures of central Amazonia?
The BBC documentary on Eldorado http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2809044795781727003&q=amazon+bbc&total=139&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2809044795781727003&q=amazon+bbc&total=139&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6>
clearly cites evidence that maize was cultivated in the the raised mound cultures in the Beni region of Bolivia in "upper" Amazonia.
On 9/6/07, Michael Bailes <michaelangelica at gmail.com<mailto:michaelangelica at gmail.com>> wrote:
People are being very imaginative about the historical roots of Terra preta.
This article makes some fanciful assumptions.
MA
"terra preta
Glopbal Corn Culture<http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2007/09/glopbal-corn-culture.html>
http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/<http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/>
By arclein(arclein)
I suspect that, while terra preta soil manufacturing was the dominant culture in the Amazon, that there is no reason for it to be a continuously applied system in most soils. After all we know that a season's corn production will ...
Global Warming - http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/ <http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/>
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