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Caption: Marker detail: Clay Pot
Additional Description: Late spring snowmelt on the North Rim allowed crop seeds to germinate in moist soils. In some areas of the Southwest, archaeologists think the farmers packed snow in clay pots — like this one — to keep plants watered before the arrival of summer monsoon rains.
Submitted: December 29, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p560145
File Size: 0.645 Megabytes

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