Topic: Mayan Water System I wonder just how this system impacted their agriculture although the article does not mention it. I will be looking for more on this subject in the future. Water management and climate change in ancient Maya city#.T3envb45FTQ.email. Original article sciencedaily The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of [...]
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Water management and climate change in ancient Maya city
Posted in Mesoamericia, South Americia, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, archaeology, Climate change, farming, Food, history, Maya, Mesoamericia on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Study suggests ancient Peruvians ‘ate popcorn’
Posted in Mesoamericia, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, anthropology, archaeology, Food, history, Mesoamericia, Peru, popcorn, South America on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Topic Ancient popcorn A new study suggests that people living along the coast of northern Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers say corncobs found at an ancient site in Peru suggest that the inhabitants used them for making flour and popcorn. Scientists from Washington’s Natural History Museum say [...]
Over 1,000-year-old Maya royal kitchen found in south-east Mexico
Posted in Mesoamericia, Uncategorized, tagged anthropology, archaeology, cooking, Food, history, Maya, Maya civilization, Mexico, Yucatán on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Topic: Myan Kitchen Mexico City – Archaeologists on Thursday were still digesting this week’s announcement of the discovery of a royal kitchen from the time of the Mayas in the Kabah archaeological area, in the south-eastern Mexican state of Yucatan. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which announced the finding late Wednesday, said [...]
Scientists Uncover Clues to How the Classic Maya Sustained Their Dense Populations | Popular Archaeology – exploring the past
Posted in Mesoamericia, Uncategorized, tagged ancient, anthropology, archaeology, cooking, Food, history, Maya civilization, Maya script, Mesoamericia on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Topic: Ancient Maya agricultural practices. Scientists Uncover Clues to How the Classic Maya Sustained Their Dense Populations | Popular Archaeology – exploring the past. Original article: populararchaeology Sep 2011
9,000 Year Old Tools Found in Mexico
Posted in Mesoamericia, North Americia, Uncategorized, tagged archaeology, Baja California, El Coyote, Food, history, Mesoamericia, Mexico, prehistoric on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Topic: Early tools 201110227432 | 9,000 Year Old Tools Found in Mexico.
Cooking Ancient Recipes
Posted in Asia, Mesoamericia, Middle East, South Americia, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, anthropology, archaeology, cooking, Food, history, Wine on September 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Topic: Recipes This is an article on different foods cooked in the ancient world. it was published in 2004, I had been meaning to present it earlier but like so many writers this article got lost in my clutter. Enjoy! Cooking Ancient Recipes. Original article: archaeology.org
It’s Official! Team Confirms Sunflower Domesticated in US, Not Mexico
Posted in Mesoamericia, North Americia, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, anthropology, archaeology, cooking, farming, Food, history, Mesoamericia, Native americans on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Topic: Sunflowers It’s Official! Team Confirms Sunflower Domesticated in US, Not Mexico.
We have Columbus to thank for lager beer
Posted in Mesoamericia, North Americia, tagged agriculture, archaeology, beer, cooking, drink, Europe, Food, history, Mesoamericia on August 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Topic More on Beer If you like lager beer, you have Christopher Columbus to thank for it. The long-standing mystery of where the yeast that makes cold-temperature lager beer fermentation possible has been solved, in the beech forests of Patagonia in Argentina. Humans have been making beer for a very long time. The first actual [...]
Peruvian Desert Breadbasket
Posted in Mesoamericia, South Americia, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, anthropology, archaeology, cooking, farming, Food, history, Mesoamericia, Peru, South Americia on August 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Topic : Ancient Peruvian agriculture practices What do the characters in The Grapes of Wrath, Icelandic shepherds in the Middle Ages and ancient Peruvians have in common? They all suffered from the effects of intensive agriculture on sensitive environments. Throughout human history unsustainable agricultural practices have turned fragile ecosystems into wastelands and left [...]
Why ancient Mayan communities were ‘living on the edge’ of what is now a massive wetland
Posted in Mesoamericia, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, anthropology, archaeology, farming, Food, history, Mesoamericia, Myan on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Topic: Ancient Myan agraculture Why ancient Mayan communities were ‘living on the edge’ of what is now a massive wetland. Original article: sciencedaily
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