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Originally Posted by gaudencio
another thought that's just occurred while lying in bed - in your proposed system of build up over many years, it would have been impossible to cultivate trees because, among other problems, they would likely get root rot due to all the extra material piled up around the base (unless they were initially planted on enormous mounds, which seems unlikely).
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Yep, all very good points, counter-points, and qualifications....
I had thought about the problem of "sinking" trees too, ...and the decorations on the pots (reminding me of the "chamber pot" theory above -post #14-).
I recall in
1491 they mention what a large volume of pottery (and associated labor and resources) they found in the TP.
But I've never heard about if there were corners, necks, lips, handles, etc., or if it's all just large flat (or slightly concave) pieces.
It is fun to travel back in time and try to see what these folks were doing... and we don't even know if it was designed or accidental--a midden/trash heap, or a compost pile/worm farm as a source for fertilizer, or a stable source of arable land.
