By Nature (2025): Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia Abstract The Casarabe culture (500–1400 CE), spreading over roughly 4,500 km2 of the monumental mounds region of the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia, is one of the clearest examples of urbanism in pre-Columbian (pre-1492 CE) Amazonia. It exhibits a four-tier hierarchical settlement pattern, with hundreds of monumental mounds interconnected by…
Day: February 12, 2025
Fenavit 2025: the heart of singani and wine beats in Camargo | el corazón del singani y el vino late en Camargo
By Iván Ramos, Erbol: CHUQUISACA The warm breeze of the Camargo valley carries an unmistakable aroma: ripe grapes, ready to be transformed into the wine and singani that have given this land its everlasting fame. “The grapes perfume the entire valley of Camargo with their fragrance,” describes Marina Rivera Pereira, with the voice of someone…
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