Pre-Columbian raised-field agriculture and land use in the Bolivian Amazon

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-241

  Whitney, Bronwen S ^a   Dickau, Ruth ^b   Mayle, Francis E ^a,c   Walker, John H ^d   Soto, J Daniel ^e   Iriarte, José ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amazonia; phytoliths; pollen; pre Columbian archaeology; raised field agriculture; tropical palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; POLLEN;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BENI; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; LLANOS DE MOJOS;

EID: 84892655809     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613517401     Document Type: Article

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