Amazonia 1492: Pristine forest or cultural parkland?

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5640, 2003, Pages 1710-1714

  Heckenberger, Michael J ^a   Kuikuro, Afukaka ^c   Kuikuro, Urissapá Tabata ^c   Russell, J Christian ^b   Schmidt, Morgan ^b   Fausto, Carlos ^d   Franchetto, Bruna ^d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Assoc Indigena Kuikuro Alto Xingu   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; HISTORY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARCHAEOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PREHISTORIC; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; HOUSING; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRAZIL; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0141432003     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086112     Document Type: Article

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