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Volcanic Soils Yield New Clues About The Emergence Of Powerful Chiefdoms In Hawaii

From Science Daily, researchers conclude that relatively recent volcanic eruptions on Maui and the island of Hawai'i produced a handful of sites with soil nutritionally rich enough to raise large quantities of sweet potatoes.

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