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Fig. 197. Woodland Indians cultivating corn, snnHower, squash, and tobacco. 

 Photo from American Museum of Natural History, New York. 



areas between what is now Canada and Argentina, while in Eurasia 

 wheat and rice were just as extensively cultivated. Some of the impor- 

 tance which the early American Indians attached to their domesticated 

 plants is reflected in their art (Fig. 198). 



Fig. 198. Ancient Peruvian pottery. Photo from American Museum of Natural 



History. 



