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. Archaeologists argue that policymakers in Colombia should now adopt a similar strategy to solve the country's current water management crisis.

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.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    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?

    • Krusty@quokk.auEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Could have just said Zenú/Sinú.

      Pre-hispanic typically means before colonization by Christopher Columbus and his Spaniard ilk.