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Sacred geographies of ancient Amazonia : historical ecology of social complexity / Denise P. Schaan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schaan, Denise Pahl, 1962- author.
- Series:
- New frontiers in historical ecology ; v. 3.
- New frontiers in historical ecology ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Amazon River Region--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America.
- Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Amazon River Region.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Human geography--Amazon River Region.
- Human geography.
- Social archaeology--Amazon River Region.
- Social archaeology.
- Indian pottery--Amazon River Region.
- Indian pottery.
- Petrolgyphs--Amazon River Region.
- Petrolgyphs.
- Rock paintings--Amazon River Region.
- Rock paintings.
- Amazon River Region--Antiquities.
- Amazon River Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-42051-1
- 1-315-42052-X
- 1-315-42053-8
- 1-59874-505-0
- 9781315420530
- OCLC:
- 768266629
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