Human-environment interactions in pre-Columbian Amazonia: The case of the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia

Quaternary International

Volumn 312, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-119

  Lombardo, Umberto ^a   Denier, Sebastian ^a   May, Jan Hendrik ^b   Rodrigues, Leonor ^a   Veit, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; EARTHWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

AMAZONIA; BENI; BOLIVIA; LLANOS DE MOJOS; TRINIDAD [BENI];

EID: 84885306445     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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