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Category: Archaeology

Posted on February 14, 2008

Mound builders of Norte Chico

Transitioning to agriculture on Peruvian coast 5000 years ago.

Posted on February 12, 2008February 12, 2008

Neolithic origins

The birth of Egyptian farming.

Posted on January 26, 2008January 26, 2008

Neolithic transitions

Dating agricultural spread in Europe from earliest appearance of cereals at archaeological sites.

Posted on January 16, 2008

Archaeo-agrobiodiversity discoveries highlighted

Squash seeds and chickens feature among the Top Ten discoveries of 2007, according to Archaeology Magazine. I believe we linked to both of these stories when they first appeared. The article on Polynesian breakthroughs also mentions work on pigs that we blogged about.

Posted on December 13, 2007

Ancient brewing

Puebloans and ancient Irish brewed beer. Pass the bottle.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Agrobiodiversity inspires tourism in the Andes of Peru.
    2. South African fruit exporters does its (small) bit for heirloom apple conservation.
    3. Wild tea doing just fine in the Shunhuangshan National Nature Reserve in Hunan Province, China. Even when harvested by local communities. Looks great for tourism too.
    4. Native communities in Nebraska getting some support for saving and exchanging seeds.
    5. Women are in charge of chiles in Tamil Nadu.
    6. Popular Science does genebanks. At least one genebank has tourism potential, I’d say.
    7. Want to support forest landscape restoration through native tree planting in Kenya? Go to MyFarmTrees, and help keep Kenya a tourism hotspot.

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