New radiometric dates for precolumbian (2000-700 B.P.) earthworks in western Amazonia, Brazil

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-142

  Schaan, Denise ^a   Pärssinen, Martti ^b   Saunaluoma, Sanna ^c   Ranzi, Alceu ^d   Bueno, Miriam ^e   Barbosa, Antonia ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Ditched enclosures; Earthworks; Landscape; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863093998     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000012     Document Type: Review

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