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The established maize ends exactly where the new clearing begins. The new clearing reaches and cuts into the forest edge. The planting cultivator’s feet press into soil and both hands close around the digging stick. The digging stick’s lower tip penetrates the new clearing. The cutting cultivator’s feet meet exposed soil and both hands close around the axe haft. The stone axe edge contacts the notched trunk within the forest edge. The branch-dragging cultivator’s feet meet soil; the branch remains supported along the ground. Each cultivator is approximately 1.6–1.7 m tall; the six foreground maize stalks reach 1.5–1.8 m, near shoulder height. It is approximately 2500–2250 BCE: Minimal woven plant-fiber waist wraps; figures viewed from behind with occupied hands and obscured faces.; Hardwood, ground stone, plant fiber, humid soil, cut wood and living vegetation.; Low-intensity mixed cultivation using hafted stone axes and fire-hardened digging sticks.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "Candid, sustained labor at a moving forest boundary.. 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