Ancient Hawaiian agriculture earns praise in scientific study
The
Advertiser
reports on a study in the
journal
Science:Hawai'i's
early Polynesian settlers have been lauded for their greatness as navigators,
but they don't get enough credit for their farming skills, according to an
international research team.Writing
in the June 11 edition of the journal Science, the researchers conclude that
Polynesian settlers were able to identify swaths of mineral-rich soil and
establish vast agricultural complexes where they raised sweet potatoes and other
crops."They were fantastic farmers.
They were able to develop and sustain intensive agricultural systems in tropical
environments that are very difficult to farm," said Peter Vitousek, a professor
of biological sciences at Stanford University and lead author.
Posted: Sat
- June 12, 2004 at 08:06 AM
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