A bluff model of riverine settlement in prehistoric Amazonia

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 654-681

  Denevan, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Bluff settlement; Demography; Intensive agriculture; Prehistoric; Riverine; Terra preta

Indexed keywords

BLUFF; BLUFF OCCUPATION; FLOODPLAIN; HISTORICAL STUDY; MODELLING APPROACH; PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT LOCATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030427496     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1996.tb01771.x     Document Type: Article

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