[Terrapreta] Fwd: Google Alert - "terra preta "

[lou gold]

Well, in the Beni region they found a tribe that still had the old words for
maize (and other plants).  I'm wondering if there is similar (or other)
evidence of corn from central Amazonia, or if it's just an hypothesis?

Perhaps Robert can answer here?



On 9/6/07, Sean K. Barry <sean.barry at juno.com> wrote:
>
>  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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com>
> *To:* Michael Bailes <michaelangelica at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* terrapreta <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
> 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> 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/
> > 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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> >
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> > Most people don't know that"
> > FROM
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