Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say

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Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say

Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a new study shows.

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-ancient-colombians-built-huge-centralized.htmlOpen link View original on piefed.ca

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AbouBenAdhem

lemmy.world

The pre-Hispanic field systems of La Mojana in the Colombian Caribbean are so vast that they can be seen from a plane at high altitude.

Is “pre-Hispanic” a general replacement for “pre-Columbian”, or is it just used in Colombia to avoid confusion with the country name?

Krusty reply

quokk.au

Could have just said Zenú/Sinú.

Pre-hispanic typically means before colonization by Christopher Columbus and his Spaniard ilk.

Rimu

piefed.social

Possibly similar to what they do in Bali

https://www.baliholidaysecrets.com/bali-subak-system/