Spanish explorers may have brought the first peach pits to North America, but Indigenous communities helped the ubiquitous summer fruit really take root, according to a study led by a researcher at Penn State.
This reminds me of the "Amazon rainforest was a curated garden" research. There is also evidence of trade in live Agave plants across a large section of the Americas.
Similarly, tribes of the PNW maintained camas meadows (camas being a bulb that is slow roasted and was one of the primary sources of carbs for these people) stretching from modern day Portland to Seattle. A 200-mile long farm
This reminds me of the "Amazon rainforest was a curated garden" research. There is also evidence of trade in live Agave plants across a large section of the Americas.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta
So they actually engineered a new type of soil and also regenerates itself so fucking cool
Similarly, tribes of the PNW maintained camas meadows (camas being a bulb that is slow roasted and was one of the primary sources of carbs for these people) stretching from modern day Portland to Seattle. A 200-mile long farm