[Little Bill]

A number I have look up the Author, 30mm in Mexico, central and South America, pre 1492.

[Little Bill]

Kirkpatrick Sale, terrible author, wasted $30, estimates as well as any modern author.

[blam]

"A number I have look up the Author, 30mm in Mexico, central and South America, pre 1492."

I've seen the number 50+ million quoted for South America alone. The number was based on the amount of manmade waterways and raised fields in the Amazon region. When the Spanish landed, there were cities in SA larger than any in Europe.

The unique story of South America has yet to be discovered and told and I expect archaeology/anthropology will be shaken to the core when it is.

Rain Forest Researchers Hit Paydirt (Farming 11K Years Ago In South America)