Illustrations of history

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Aztec floating garden diagram (lemmy.world)

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rather than looking at the illustration in the OP as three separate structures, I think it may be depicting a single structure in three stages of development, going left to right.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Looking at it again, I think you're absolutely right. The tree growth is meant to show time passing. Neat!