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Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say (phys.org)
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Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a new study shows.

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The pre-Hispanic field systems of La Mojana in the Colombian Caribbean are so vast that they can be seen from a plane at high altitude.

Is “pre-Hispanic” a general replacement for “pre-Columbian”, or is it just used in Colombia to avoid confusion with the country name?

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    [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago

    Cambridge’s public release re the same research article

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