Pre-Columbian earthworks in Coastal Amazonia

Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-352

  Rostain, Stéphen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arauquinoid; Coast; Guianas; Pre Columbian; Raised field; Savanna

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; COASTAL ZONE; EARTHWORKS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; VILLAGE;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 78650309302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d2030331     Document Type: Article

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