Sacred geographies of ancient Amazonia : historical ecology of social complexity / / Denise P. Schaan
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| Autore: |
Schaan Denise Pahl <1962-, >
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| Titolo: |
Sacred geographies of ancient Amazonia : historical ecology of social complexity / / Denise P. Schaan
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 981/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indians of South America - Amazon River Region - Antiquities |
| Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Amazon River Region | |
| Human geography - Amazon River Region | |
| Social archaeology - Amazon River Region | |
| Indian pottery - Amazon River Region | |
| Petrolgyphs - Amazon River Region | |
| Rock paintings - Amazon River Region | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Amazon River Region Antiquities |
| Note generali: | First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Figures and Table; Chapter 1: Introduction: Historical Ecology and Archaeological Landscapes in Amazonia; Chapter 2: Moving Earth, Managing Water; Chapter 3: Land of the Ancestors; Chapter 4: Ponds, Lakes, and Feasts: The Cultural Geography of Anthropogenic Soils; Chapter 5: Marks on the Earth: Territoriality and Memory; Chapter 6: Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The legendary El Dorado-the city of gold-remains a mere legend, but astonishing new discoveries are revealing a major civilization in ancient Amazonia that was more complex than anyone previously dreamed. Scholars have long insisted that the Amazonian ecosystem placed severe limits on the size and complexity of its ancient cultures, but leading researcher Denise Schaan reverses that view, synthesizing exciting new evidence of large-scale land and resource management to tell a new history of indigenous Amazonia. Schaan also engages fundamental debates about the development of social complexity |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sacred geographies of ancient Amazonia |
| ISBN: | 1-315-42051-1 |
| 1-315-42052-X | |
| 1-315-42053-8 | |
| 1-59874-505-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822626503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
New frontiers in historical ecology ; ; v. 3.