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Anthropology

wnylib

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2. Cities like this don't spring up out of nowhere.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 07:24 PM

Oct 2022

Usually they are preceded by one or more groups of people who learn how to use the local resources, which increases population size and the social cooperation necessary for building cities.

This link tells about the human use of the land in the Brazilian part of Amazon forest 5000 years ago. Their techniques of farming allowed permanence through replenishment of the soil instead of letting the soil get depleted and then relocating.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180723142845.htm

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Ancient Amazonians, unknown until recently, built towering mounds and reshaped the landscape [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2022 OP

Intricate settlements found in the Llanos de Mojos, Amazonia Judi Lynn Oct 2022 #1

Cities like this don't spring up out of nowhere. wnylib Oct 2022 #2