[Terrapreta] The Reason for Pottery Shards in Terra Preta.

[Greg and April]

I personally suspect that waste was flushed down river.    While they may not have been on the level of the Romans, there are indications from other areas ( the Andes and the savanna of Bolivia ) that ancient Americans knew how to work with water.


There is this intriguing thought, it could very well be, that TP sites, are  area's of river bottom that have uplifted.


I have no proof, but, I strongly suspect that water plays an important part as to the layer effect of the pottery shards.    

I wonder if anyone has paid attention as to the orientation of the pottery shards - concave side up or down?    Concave side up would sink faster ( and a curved piece would most likely sink this way ), concave side down would resist the flow of water better, once it is on the bottom.

Greg H.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lou gold 
  To: Greg and April 
  Cc: Terra Preta 
  Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:31
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] The Reason for Pottery Shards in Terra Preta.


  my typing error greg. blew i intended to say "But I have NOT seen any speculation about human wastes." (in the archaeological studies) We agree. No data. Not even scientific speculation.

  fine explanation of why no disease. btw, i have not read all of 1491. only the exerpts I found on the Internet. somehow, i missed the explanation for no disease.

  but if there were major parasite issues, i would think that it would force into existence some sophisticated waste management. or was it all flushed down the river? do you know? is it covered on 1491?

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