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Patterns of Ancient Croplands Give Insight Into Early Hawaiian Society, Research Shows


May 16, 2011

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A pattern of earthen berms, spread across a northern peninsula of the big island of Hawaii, is providing archeologists with clues to exactly how residents farmed in paradise long before Europeans arrived on the islands. The findings suggest that simple, practical decisions made by individual households were eventually adopted by the ruling class as a means to improve agricultural productivity.Full Story

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