Eco-archaeological regions in the bolivian amazon : An overview of pre-columbian earthworks linking them to their environmental settings

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(University of Bern. Institute of Geography)
Canal-Beeby, Elisa (University of East Anglia)
Veit, Heinz (University of Bern. Institute of Geography)

Data:	2012
Resum:	The discovery of extensive pre-Columbian earthworks in north-eastern Bolivia has been seen as evidence that Amazonia was once densely populated by complex societies. This has led some scholars to believe that culture evolved in Amazonia regardless of environmental constraints. However, this view does not take the diversity of earthworks and geo-ecological regions into account, nor their uneven distribution. This paper offers an initial explanation of the possible links that exist between the different types of earthworks in north-eastern Bolivia and their environmental settings and identifies six distinct eco-archaeological regions. Results show a spatial overlap between those areas with greater evidence of past complex societies and areas where environmental constraints were fewer. This suggests that local hydrology and soils influenced the development of pre-Columbian societies in the region.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Amazon Basin ; Bolivia ; Human-environment interactions ; Landscape archaeology ; Social com- plexity
Publicat a:	Geographica Helvetica, Vol. 66, Issue 3 (December 2012) , p. 173-182, ISSN 2194-8798

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