Grains and meat

Wheat, rye, oat, barley, millet, chickpeas, lentils, broad beans, cabbage, turnips, carrots, onions, garlic, buckwheat, apples....

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@Lakrids Pibe Interesting. I need to look up some old timey recipes for those foods. I wonder how nutritious they were

You might take a look at the Tudor Monastery Farm series. I found it fascinating, but then I liked all the BBC historic farm series.

There's a recently developed theory that people's such as the Egyptians invented beer first as a source of calories and nutrients and that bread was somehow developed later.

I understand what you mean, but if you actually watch the documentary where are they “glorified”. The only thing I can tell in the intro is the narrator speaks on behalf of what seems to be all native Americans when he says “we were this” and “we were that”. But since the facts presented are not false then there is no basis for complaint.

well you have to know where you get all your favorite stuff from and it originates.

@StopFear Except that discoveries of skeletal remains of Pilipino descent with weapon damage found in North America older than Native American sites has led to a theory that there were people there before the native Americans, who killed them when they arrived.

I like the way that you think. 😁

Is maize the same or similar to corn?

the actual cannibals were ancient europeans, that stuff was super popular on that side of the planet. with the only food native to europe being broccoli i cant blame them : P

There are actual authentic Aztec scripts which were preserved and are now kept in Mexico as well as outside of Mexico. Historians know very well which ones may have been made by catholic monks and which were pre-Columbus. Of course the Spanish destroyed a lot but those that were saved are proven to be authentic not only because scientists can easily tell which of them are older but also because they also correspond to the stone carvings made by Aztecs. Plus a lot of them correspond to mayan art.

‘They’ weren’t black. Stop trying to claim every culture except your own. 😂

That isn’t true. You can see Aztec scripts where they are depicted in various cloth. It is all documented . They had cotton and mostly women spent a lot of time weaving cloth.

@StopFearPeople with a high status may have worn some ceremonial clothes but not the regular people because it just wasn't practical. It still isn't. Look at the few indigenous tribes that still exist, they wear belts and feather accessories at most but no clothing. A child wearing a robe or a skirt specially in the length that appears in the video is just not accurate. Also the level of whiteness is too much. They didn't have bleach. You cannot have anything that white, living in the jungle, when you mostly sit on dirt and rub against trees.

@Patty That's...that's not accurate at all. Bleach is a chemical invention that's fairly late to the fabric game. Bleaching was done via laying the textile out on grass or other greenery on a sunny day. The chlorophyll in the plants would create a bleaching effect as the water evaporated, combined with the UV from the sun. This practice was continued for centuries--just Google for "bleaching greens," especially in Ireland. Also, it's down to the availability of plant fibres. Central America had cotton; other indigenous peoples don't. It's like assuming that no one ate fish because you're pointing to an example of a land-locked people. This also erases the other plant and animal fibres that could (and were!) be used to make cloth across the Americas. If you're interested, I can highly recommend 'The Fabric of Civilisation' by Virginia Postrel as a good starting point to learn more!

@Vincent Shadowfriend Thank you for the info. I will definitely look it up. I still have a hard time with the image of an indigenous boy in a bright white long skirt in the middle of the jungle. I would have the same hard time dressing a little boy in white clothing and sending him off to play in the garden in 2023 in a suburb in America. Have you ever had to wash red dirt off any type of clothing? You might as well throw the clothes out after using them cause the stains will not come off. I could understand red cloth or brown on a little boy but not white. (I 've just realized that having to wash clothes by hand has scared me for life).

@Patty I admit that I'm not 100% on the fit of the outfits they've got him in, but yep, things got shockingly white in centuries past! I actually study domestic history alongside textile/fashion history, and come to the conclusion that every culture has developed ideal systems for keeping their clothing clean. It's also about what you're used to, really--we are comfortable in jeans and whatnot, but put them on a person from 200 years ago, and they'd think it was the worst thing ever invented. Same reason why actresses complain (nonsensically) about the horribleness of wearing corsets, they're just not used to it. Much like today, however, they wouldn't choose to keep wearing something that was gross or dirty; the notion that people in the past were gross and stinky is a holdover from Victorian exceptionalism. White clothing plays a huge part in Aztec society, too: There's a story of a famous traitor that betrays the Aztecs to the Spanish, and she was recognised by her white dress, which was customary to her tribe that had enmity with the Aztec. (I also just realised that I'm logged into my husband's account, lordt the confusing notifications he's getting lol)

Some peoples are better adapted to certain climates, terrain, and locations though

No pos si

You forgot a kingdom there

And seafood

​@Lyubov Andreou seafood is still animals

And fungi mushrooms 🍄