03294nam 2200697Ia 450 991082054250332120200520144314.01-59874-635-91-315-42593-91-59874-636-710.4324/9781315425931(CKB)2670000000278777(EBL)1073307(OCoLC)818851735(SSID)ssj0000827121(PQKBManifestationID)12361355(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827121(PQKBWorkID)10819784(PQKB)11494283(MiAaPQ)EBC1073307(Au-PeEL)EBL1073307(CaPaEBR)ebr10626958(CaONFJC)MIL975338(OCoLC)973040036(EXLCZ)99267000000027877720120706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIslands in the rainforest landscape management in pre-Columbian Amazonia /Stephen Rostain ; translation by Michelle Eliott1st ed.Walnut Creek, Calif. Left Coast Press, Inc.c20121 online resource (278 p.)New frontiers in historical ecology ;vol.4First published in 2013 by Left Coast Press, Incorporated.1-315-42592-0 1-59874-634-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: "So Much Water!"; Chapter 1. Indigenous Agricultural Savoir Faire; Chapter 2. Humans and Environment: A Happy Marriage; Chapter 3. Terra Cognita: 10,000 Years of Human Impact; Chapter 4. A Natural Garden or a Domesticated Forest?; Chapter 5. "500 Years of Solitude"; Conclusion: "East of Eden"; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorStéphen Rostain's book is a culmination of 25 years of research on the extensive human modification of the wetlands environment of Guiana and how it reshapes our thinking of ancient settlement in lowland South America and other tropical zones. Rostain demonstrates that populations were capable of developing intensive raised-field agriculture, which supported significant human density, and construct causeways, habitation mounds, canals, and reservoirs to meet their needs. The work is comparative in every sense, drawing on ethnology, ethnohistory, ecology, and geography; contrasting islandNew frontiers in historical ecology ;v. 4.Indians of South AmericaAgricultureFrench GuianaIndians of South AmericaLand tenureFrench GuianaRaised field agricultureFrench GuianaHistoryIndigenous peoplesEcologyFrench GuianaIndians of South AmericaAgricultureIndians of South AmericaLand tenureRaised field agricultureHistory.Indigenous peoplesEcology980/.01Rostain Stephen1176543Eliott Michelle1617827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820542503321Islands in the rainforest3949198UNINA