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Author Schaan, Denise Pahl, 1962-

Title Sacred geographies of ancient Amazonia : historical ecology of social complexity / Denise P. Schaan
Published Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series New frontiers in historical ecology ; v. 3
New frontiers in historical ecology ; v. 3.
Contents List of Figures and Table; Chapter 1: Introduction: Historical Ecology and Archaeological Landscapes in Amazonia; Chapter 2: Moving Earth, Managing Water; Chapter 3: Land of the Ancestors; Chapter 4: Ponds, Lakes, and Feasts: The Cultural Geography of Anthropogenic Soils; Chapter 5: Marks on the Earth: Territoriality and Memory; Chapter 6: Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author
Summary The legendary El Dorado - the city of gold - remains a mere legend, but astonishing new discoveries are revealing a major civilization in ancient Amazonia that was more complex than anyone previously dreamed. Scholars have long insisted that the Amazonian ecosystem placed severe limits on the size and complexity of ancient its cultures, but leading researcher Denise Schaan reverses that view, synthesizing exciting new evidence of large-scale land and resource management to tell a new history of Indigenous Amazonia. Schaan also engages fundamental debates about the development of social
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Antiquities
Ethnoecology -- Amazon River Region
Human geography -- Amazon River Region
Social archaeology -- Amazon River Region
Indian pottery -- Amazon River Region
Petroglyphs -- Amazon River Region
Rock paintings -- Amazon River Region
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
Antiquities
Human geography
Indian pottery
Indians of South America -- Antiquities
Ethnoecology
Petroglyphs
Rock paintings
Social archaeology
SUBJECT Amazon River Region -- Antiquities
Subject Amazon River Region
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611327991
1611327997