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 …

Palaeoecologists argue that the vegetation of Amazonia has changed markedly since the
late Pleistocene and show that forest fires have been increasingly more common since the …

280 EDUARDO G. NEVES AND JAMES B. PETERSEN and dramatic events of sociocultural
change. Human landscape management in Amazonia has been exerted within this long …

This paper intends to examine the available archaeological evidence of the social
formations that occupied the Amazonian floodplain from ca. 500 BC to AD 1500. It is based …

Grande parte dos arqueólogos que trabalham hoje na bacia amazônica aceita a hipótese
de que as populações indígenas antigas da região realizaram modificações marcantes e …

As análises e a classificação das cerâmicas da Tradição Borda Incisa na Amazônia central
resultaram nas tipologias cujas pranchas são apresentadas neste apêndice da tese. Os …

Amazonian dark earths are anthropogenic soils called terra preta de índio in Brazil, created
by indigenous people hundreds, even thousands, of years ago (Smith 1980; Woods and …

Anthrosols are soils whose formation and characteristics have been enduringly influenced
by the material effects of human action (Limbrey 1975; Eidt 1984; Woods 2003). Among …

During the past decade, integration of anthropology, archaeology, biology, ecology,
geography, and soil science has brought important results in the development of an …

Amazonian anthropogenic dark earths constitute an increasingly more important dimension
of the archaeological record of the Amazon basin. These anthropogenic soils mark the …