Ceremonial digging stick or paddle from coastal Peru showing seabirds and possible maize sprouting from abstracted fish and stepped-terrace motifs. Credit: The Met Museum 1979.206.1025. New archaeological research suggests that seabird guano, nutrient-rich bird droppings, played a major role in transforming agriculture in ancient Peru and may have helped propel the Chincha Kingdom to prominence as one of the most prosperous and influential societies before the Inca. Dr. Jacob Bongers, lead

Tag-uri: Agricultura