The Amazonian Formative: Crop Domestication and Anthropogenic Soils

The Amazonian Formative: Crop Domestication and Anthropogenic Soils

The emergence of sedentism and agriculture in Amazonia continues to sit uncomfortably within accounts of South American pre-Columbian history. This is partially because deep-seated models were formulated when only ceramic evidence was known, partly because newer data continue to defy simple explanat...

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Main Author: Manuel Arroyo-Kalin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-03-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
Amazonia
Formative
anthropogenic dark earths
terras pretas
terras mulatas
manioc
plant domestication
landscape domestication
geoarchaeology
soil micromorphology
anthropogenic landscape transformations
Historical Ecology
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/2/4/473/

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