{"id":24034,"date":"2018-12-10T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=24034"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:28:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T20:28:25","slug":"bolivian-mud-could-be-key-to-unlocking-ancient-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/bolivian-mud-could-be-key-to-unlocking-ancient-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivian Mud Could Be Key To Unlocking Ancient Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24035 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0362-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0362-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0362-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0362-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0362-299x224.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0362.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group of Anthropology researchers are counting on some dirty work to unlock the secrets of past civilizations.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, they\u2019re studying Amazonian mud, carefully extracted from a Bolivian swamp and transported back to a laboratory on UCF\u2019s campus. Their goal is to date the pollen and other biological sediments layered in close to five feet of mud, then match them with samples from pottery shards excavated from nearby settlements.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24037\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24037\" class=\"wp-image-24037 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1240-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1240-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1240-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1240-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1240-299x200.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1240.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Walker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By combining the disciplines of paleoethnobotany and archaeology, the project leads hope to paint a comprehensive picture of pre-Columbian agriculture and culture. Because this area is responsible for some of the domesticated plants we still use today, research results could be key to understanding ancient agriculture in other parts of the world.\u00a0 It could also shape modern day agriculture by providing a long-term record of how human interference shapes plants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worth getting excited about mud,\u201d said Neil Duncan, Ph.D., who specializes in using plant remains to understand ancient civilizations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24036\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24036\" class=\"wp-image-24036 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0364-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0364-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0364-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0364-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0364-299x223.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/IMG_E0364.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/223;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excavation pit.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His research partner is John Walker, Ph.D., who is trying to piece together how pre-Columbian farmers grew their crops. The mud is critical to his research because metal and stone tools are rare to nonexistent in this part of the world; other clues like wooden hoe handles, clothes, hammocks and homes constructed from palm branches have rotted away centuries ago.<\/p>\n<p>What is left behind are raised earthworks, some previously undiscovered before Walker used a drone and satellite images to locate them. Whether these earthworks are for irrigation, defensive structures or just garbage piles remains to be determined. But they are yielding bits of ceramic and other non-perishable artifacts.<\/p>\n<p>Those pieces still bear remnants of food and other plant materials that can be carbon-dated and matched somewhere in the strata of the mud samples.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24039\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24039\" class=\"wp-image-24039 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1278-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1278-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1278-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1278-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1278-299x448.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/DUNC1278.jpg 1281w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neil Duncan with an Amazonian mud sample.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a chain of evidence. One thing leads to another and eventually you start to get this big picture,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent trip to collect samples is just the first in what Walker and Duncan expect to many more excursions to northeastern Bolivia. Wading waist-deep in mosquito-infested marshes might not be everyone\u2019s idea of a good time. But the potential research results \u2014 and the sheer joy of field work \u2014 make it worth it for Duncan, Walker and their team of students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cField archaeology is far superior to sitting in an office or laboratory,\u201d Duncan said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Anthropology researchers are counting on some dirty work to unlock the secrets of past civilizations. More specifically, they\u2019re studying Amazonian mud, carefully extracted from a Bolivian swamp and transported back to a laboratory on UCF\u2019s campus. 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