3 sisters (jan 1, 1300 – jan 1, 1491)
Description:
Native Americans planted corn, beans, and squash together, very important sometimes seen as sustainers of life. Kept diet healthy and each plant helped each other grow.Corn: cultivated in Mexico 4000 BCE and American Southwest 2000 BCE
maize was really important as it helped people transition from hunter-gatherer societies to more stable agricultural societies
Horticulture: small plots of land farmed with simple tools
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Date:
jan 1, 1300
jan 1, 1491
~ 191 years