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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts) Wed Feb 15, 2023, 10:58 PM Feb 2023

New program on PBS, will re-run at 12:00 am, CST, tonight, and should be available from PBS

in later re-runs, and on demand, where available, etc. Most definitely worth your time.

I just saw it, and it's wonderful. It appears to be material which hasn't been covered much at all on ordinary channels. New things I haven't heard, can't wait to find out more about them!

NOVA 'Ancient Builders of the Amazon' New

Discoveries reveal traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries with prehistoric populations in the Amazon.

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New program on PBS, will re-run at 12:00 am, CST, tonight, and should be available from PBS (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2023 OP

Was just on here! DC area PBS stations. elleng Feb 2023 #1

Most interesting was the finding about their soil... Duppers Feb 2023 #2

elleng

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1. Was just on here! DC area PBS stations.

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Wed Feb 15, 2023, 11:01 PM

Feb 2023

Duppers

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2. Most interesting was the finding about their soil...

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Thu Feb 16, 2023, 10:45 AM

Feb 2023

...the finding that ancient Amazonians enriched their soil, using charcoal to improve it's fertility. They were agricultural innovators.

"The process originated in the Amazon basin at least 2500 years ago. The native Indians of the region would create charcoal, mix it with organic matter and broken pottery, and incorporate it in small plots of land.
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Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries, with populations numbering in the millions."

Amazing. And there are more episodes to come. Don't you just love PBS.

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