Find an ancient harvest field!

The Dhaka Times Desk We have heard the news of many incidents in the world. But today there is news of finding an ancient crop field!

সেখানকার পরিস্থিতিটা অনেকটা এমন, চারদিকে বড় বড় পাথর। মাঝখানের স্থানটুকু সমান। এখানে লাগানো হয়েছিল আলু। আজকের কথা নয়, প্রায় ৩ হাজার ৮শ’ বছর আগের কথা!

Such potato fields have been found in British Columbia. Experts say, this is the oldest crop field in the world!

In the December issue of The Journal Science Advances, The Indian Express, citing experts on the subject, said archaeologists believed the field was the 'first example' of hunter-gatherer harvesting.

Not only the potato fields, various wood materials are also available there. More than 3,000 years ago, people tended gardens with these materials. To be clear, then people also learned to use agricultural tools. According to reports, people of the Katji tribe lived in those areas.

Archaeologists Tanja Hoffman and Simon Fraser, who were working on the project at the university, discovered the potato field. The project was researching the people of the Katji tribe.

The researchers found the potato field under the reservoir. The reservoir has survived for centuries. The existence of a type of crop called Wapato tuber has been noticed by removing the water of the reservoir. Which is known as a type of potato in South Asian region. There was a stone wall around the potato field.

গবেষকরা জানিয়েছেন, এসব পাথর এখানে প্রাকৃতিকভাবে হয়নি, বরং আলু রক্ষার জন্য এসব পাথরের দেওয়াল স্থাপন করে তারা। শুধু তাই নয়, ওই বাগান বা ক্ষেতে নিয়মমতো পানি প্রবেশ করানোর মতো ব্যবস্থাও তৈরি করে ৩ হাজার ৮শ’ বছর আগের মানুষ!

Dry area next to that reservoir. Researchers said that people used to live in these areas. About 150 types of wooden machinery parts are found around the potato fields. Researchers claim that these are agricultural materials. The primitive people of those days used to dig the soil and plant seedlings with these tools.