permaculture

["John Schinnerer" <johns@eco-living.net>]

Aloha,

There was an article in the NY times a few days ago, referring to a recent
article in the journal Nature, which presented some theories on rather
PC-like land use in South America, pre-Columbus.  Basically, there is
physical evidence (earthworks) in the landscape that seasonal wet/dry
savannah areas supported much larger populations than we "contemporary"
types would think possible.  The inhabitants apparently built large ponds
and canal networks to retain wet-season flood water and fish through the
dry season, with palms planted along the canals and most likely fish weirs
in them...haven't seen the full article but it sounds like interesting
reading!

John Schinnerer
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Human Habitat Design
Cultural & Ecological Designing
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