Pre-Columbian urbanism, anthropogenic landscapes, and the future of the Amazon

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5893, 2008, Pages 1214-1217

  Heckenberger, Michael J ^a   Russell, J Christian ^b   Fausto, Carlos ^c   Toney, Joshua R ^a   Schmidt, Morgan J ^b   Pereira, Edithe ^d   Franchetto, Bruna ^c   Kuikuro, Afukaka ^e  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Zoologia   (Brazil)

^e Associação Indígena Kuikuro do Alto Xingu   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; URBAN AREA;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CITIES; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RIVERS; TREES;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50649116793     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1159769     Document Type: Article

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49. Research was sponsored by the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. We acknowledge support by NSF Archaeology Program (grants BCS 0004487 and 0353129), the William T. Hillman Foundation, and the University of Florida.