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Foreword / Wade Davis -- Introduction: The mythology of technology -- Waru Waru agricultural terraces of the Inca, Peru -- Jingkieng Dieng Jri living root bridges of the Khasis, India -- Palayan rice terraces of the Ifugao, Philippines -- Subak rice terraces of the Subak, Bali -- Milpa forest gardens of the Maya, Mexico -- Kihamba forest gardens of the Chagga, Tanzania -- Surangam underground aqueducts of the Malayali, India -- Waitiwina dams of the Enawenê-nawê, Brazil -- Apete forest islands of the Kayapó, Brazil -- Waffle gardens of the Zuni, New Mexico -- Boma corrals of the Maasai, Kenya -- Qanat underground aqueducts of the Persians, Iran -- $tAnok corrals of the Ngisonyaka Turkana, Kenya -- Torta reed floating islands of the Uros, Peru -- Al-Tahla floating islands of the Ma'dan, Iraq -- Bheri wastewater aquaculture of the Bengalese, India -- Acadja aquaculture of the Tofinu, Benin -- Sawah Tambak rice-fish aquaculture of the Javanese, Indonesia -- Conclusion: constructing a new mythology.