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cotton early history south asia further information: tree cotton mehrgarh shown in a physical map of the surrounding region. the earliest evidence of the use of cotton in the old world , dated to bce and preserved in copper beads, has been found at the neolithic site of mehrgarh , at the foot of the
, cultivation of the indigenous cotton species gossypium barbadense has been dated, from a find in ancon, to c. bc, [ ] and was the backbone of the development of coastal cultures such as the norte chico , moche , and nazca . cotton was grown upriver, made into nets, and traded with fishing villages...
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