large storage caches 100 feet up the rock walls?? that would be free climbing of some sort. scary stuff. secure your corn, though.
@utahshpo
Жыл бұрын
Today we certainly would need to free climb to get up there! I believe the University of Utah has hired climbers, and even dropped people in from helicopter to access some of these high up granaries. In the past, though, people could have conceivably used ropes or ladders to get to their stores, but likely no one was secured from falling in any case!
@noqsw5058
2 жыл бұрын
Have you found viable seeds in any of these sites?
@elizabethhora5521
2 жыл бұрын
As in seeds that can be grown today? Unfortunately not. Of all the seeds that archaeologists find, many are only fragments that have been partially eaten by rodents, or partially decomposed. There are paleobotany and ethnobotany experts that may have some heirloomed seeds from these varieties or similar varieties, but archaeological sites themselves aren't great seed repositories!
@noqsw5058
2 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethhora5521 I have some seeds that were sealed from around 500ad and later grown. The genetics seem far superior to the 100 or so other Indigenous varieties that I keep. I was thinking there must have been quite the genetic bottlenecking around 536ad that contributed to the smaller sizes in beans at least.
@elizabethhora5521
2 жыл бұрын
@@noqsw5058 Oh that's pretty cool!! The mid-500s AD did have quite a severe drought, I don't know how quickly people may have been able to genetically modify their seeds, but if it could be done in a matter of decades than it seems like the timing is right for your potential bottlenecking event.
@noqsw5058
2 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethhora5521 that was the year that the sun didn't rise for 2 years. In actuality it was the krakatoa eruption that caused a global famine and kicked off the dark ages in Europe. So what ever was stored before that event is what continued on.
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