[Terrapreta] a good story

[lou gold]

> a)       large trees have been felled to make the clearing, presumably
> without iron or steel
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not necessarily. the forest is a mosaic of ages and species. you can create
clearings with felling large trees.

> b)       there's no visual evidence that this was followed by a large
> fire, at least not larger than the clearing
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fire is not common in these region and it tends to enter the landscape only
after large-scale disturbance.


> c)       the figure in the background could be painted with a paste made
> from ground charcoal – there's not much in nature as black as char
>
i believe there are other sources of black dyes but char from cooking fires
would surely do.

> d)       there's no visual evidence of cooking fires and its likely that
> these are inside the huts
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probably under the shelter to protect from regular heavy rain.


> All speculation of course. However if it was normal practice in the Amazon
> TP areas to have the cooking fire inside the hut, this makes it unlikely
> that such fires produced any significant amounts of char.
>
This region is quite distant (perhaps 700 miles) from the known TP sites.

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> *From:* terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org [mailto:
> terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael Bailes
> *Sent:* Friday, 30 May 2008 10:25 PM
> *To:* Terra Preta
> *Subject:* [Terrapreta] a good story
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> Another interesting story
> Can we get a  peek/look at their garden?
> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23782431-952,00.html
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