Well, actually, they figured out something different, as the Peruvians of that time frame (the Cuzco? Incans?) used the Andean cold to freeze-dry cure the meat. Their word for the result was churkos (IIRC), which was corrupted into "jerky." Thank you, Raph Richert and your Pre-Columbian Art History class.
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Date: 2008-07-08 02:52 am (UTC)I need an AB icon for this one. :-)