Laurence Blair

aquatic resources the piranhas the turtles the catfish by building this really ingenious system of ponds and dams bridges to capture them as the kind of flood water came in every season and then when it came out leave behind this you know it's effectively a huge archipelago of fish farms so you travel back to manasho island you know maybe a century before columbus and

aquatic resources the piranhas the turtles the catfish by building this really ingenious system of ponds and dams bridges to capture them as the kind of flood water came in every season and then when it came out leave behind this you know it's effectively a huge archipelago of fish farms so you travel back to manasho island you know maybe a century before columbus and

aquatic resources the piranhas the turtles the catfish by building this really ingenious system of ponds and dams bridges to capture them as the kind of flood water came in every season and then when it came out leave behind this you know it's effectively a huge archipelago of fish farms so you travel back to manasho island you know maybe a century before columbus and

you might see this archipelago of towns connected by bridges and walkways and populated by these industrious and relatively egalitarian fish farmers and potters. There doesn't seem to have been this single overbearing king or priestly class, which again I think flips the script a little bit about what we think about ancient societies, the pharaoh or the king.

you might see this archipelago of towns connected by bridges and walkways and populated by these industrious and relatively egalitarian fish farmers and potters. There doesn't seem to have been this single overbearing king or priestly class, which again I think flips the script a little bit about what we think about ancient societies, the pharaoh or the king.

you might see this archipelago of towns connected by bridges and walkways and populated by these industrious and relatively egalitarian fish farmers and potters. There doesn't seem to have been this single overbearing king or priestly class, which again I think flips the script a little bit about what we think about ancient societies, the pharaoh or the king.

perhaps because of the way the environment is so rich and so bountiful, you actually, you know, you don't need to kind of kowtow to this kind of, you know, all-powerful chief, because if he gets too big for his boots, you can sort of set off into the forest for yourself and your family and start your own thing.

perhaps because of the way the environment is so rich and so bountiful, you actually, you know, you don't need to kind of kowtow to this kind of, you know, all-powerful chief, because if he gets too big for his boots, you can sort of set off into the forest for yourself and your family and start your own thing.

perhaps because of the way the environment is so rich and so bountiful, you actually, you know, you don't need to kind of kowtow to this kind of, you know, all-powerful chief, because if he gets too big for his boots, you can sort of set off into the forest for yourself and your family and start your own thing.

You've got to be careful. And, you know, and to mention those pots, yeah, we have some of them which still survive and they're huge. You know, I went to a museum in Belém a few years ago and, you know, they're almost the size of two kind of outstretched arms. You can't really get your hands around them. They're massive and they,

You've got to be careful. And, you know, and to mention those pots, yeah, we have some of them which still survive and they're huge. You know, I went to a museum in Belém a few years ago and, you know, they're almost the size of two kind of outstretched arms. You can't really get your hands around them. They're massive and they,

You've got to be careful. And, you know, and to mention those pots, yeah, we have some of them which still survive and they're huge. You know, I went to a museum in Belém a few years ago and, you know, they're almost the size of two kind of outstretched arms. You can't really get your hands around them. They're massive and they,

have these protuberances and these almost the kind of fish lips monkey ears it's kind of owlish expression even these kind of extended beards like the the beards you see on on on pharaoh's kind of mummies so really creative really artistic

have these protuberances and these almost the kind of fish lips monkey ears it's kind of owlish expression even these kind of extended beards like the the beards you see on on on pharaoh's kind of mummies so really creative really artistic

have these protuberances and these almost the kind of fish lips monkey ears it's kind of owlish expression even these kind of extended beards like the the beards you see on on on pharaoh's kind of mummies so really creative really artistic

Yeah, I think it's a great question. And it's really one of those great mysteries because we don't have Amazonians themselves outside of oral legend telling us what happened to their distant ancestors. I think one factor in the mix was climate change.

Yeah, I think it's a great question. And it's really one of those great mysteries because we don't have Amazonians themselves outside of oral legend telling us what happened to their distant ancestors. I think one factor in the mix was climate change.

Yeah, I think it's a great question. And it's really one of those great mysteries because we don't have Amazonians themselves outside of oral legend telling us what happened to their distant ancestors. I think one factor in the mix was climate change.

In the millennium prior to 1492, you see in the archaeological record these big, long-range migrations by Amazonians and by other lowland peoples in South America. It's almost as if they're fleeing something, they're running away from something, they're displaced by something.

In the millennium prior to 1492, you see in the archaeological record these big, long-range migrations by Amazonians and by other lowland peoples in South America. It's almost as if they're fleeing something, they're running away from something, they're displaced by something.