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Science 17 July 1998:
Vol. 281. no. 5375, p. 322
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5375.322
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
Green Farming by the Incas?

Kevin Krajick

A sediment record and archaeological evidence from a high valley in Peru suggest that at least one ancient people, the Incas, used conservation practices such as canals, terracing, and perhaps even tree planting so successfully that they actually restored degraded farmland. Those same tactics may work to help Peruvian farmers today, say botanists.

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