Amazonian Dark Earth and Ring Ditches in the Central Llanos de Mojos, Bolivia

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-14

  Walker, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural history; Amazon Basin; Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE); Archaeology; Bolivia; Historical ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861379840     PISSN: 21539553     EISSN: 1556486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-9561.2011.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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