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Archive Home > 2007 > August > 21 > Researchers find ancient American crop field

Researchers find ancient American crop field

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
August 21, 2007

Colorado researchers have found the first direct evidence of manioc cultivation in the Americas, the remains of a 1,400-year-old field in El Salvador that was buried by volcanic ash shortly after the crop was harvested.

Manioc, also known as cassava, produces the highest yield of food energy of....

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