A5006276101- Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Asian American and Pacific Histories
- Caribbean and African Literature and Culture
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Military and Defense Studies
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Jackson Foundation
2023
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
2023
University of Florida
2007-2008
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2008
The archaeology of pre-Columbian polities in the Amazon River basin forces a reconsideration early urbanism and long-term change tropical forest landscapes. We describe settlement land-use patterns complex societies on eve European contact (after 1492) Upper Xingu region Brazilian Amazon. These were organized articulated clusters, representing small independent polities, within regional peer polity. constitute “galactic” form prehistoric urbanism, sharing features with small-scale urban...
Fertile soil known as Amazonian dark earth is central to the debate over size and ecological impact of ancient human populations in Amazon. Dark typically associated with occupation, but it uncertain whether was created intentionally. may also be a substantial carbon sink, its spatial extent inventory are unknown. We demonstrate compositional similarities between modern document Indigenous practices that enrich soil, which we use propose model for formation earth. This comparison suggests...