Island, River, and Field : Landscape Archaeology in the Llanos de Mojos / John H. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, John H., 1969- author.

Series:

Archaeologies of landscape in the Americas series.

Archaeologies of landscape in the Americas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic agricultural landscapes--Amazon River Region.

Historic agricultural landscapes.

Historic agricultural landscapes--Bolivia--Moxos.

Landscape archaeology--Amazon River Region.

Landscape archaeology.

Landscape archaeology--Bolivia--Moxos.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque [New Mexico] : University of New Mexico Press, 2018.

Summary:

Archaeologists have long associated the development of agriculture with the rise of the state. But the archaeology of the Amazon Basin, revealing traces of agriculture but lacking evidence of statehood, confounds their assumptions. John H. Walker's innovative study of the Bolivian Amazon addresses this contradiction by examining the agricultural landscape and analyzing the earthworks from an archaeological perspective. The archaeological data is presented in ascending scale throughout the book. Scholars across archaeology and environmental anthropology will find the methodology and theoretical arguments essential for further study.

Contents:

Archaeology in the Amazon

From calculation to taskscape

Within the circle

Between field and island

West Central Mojos and its neighbors

Farmers, fishers, and foresters

Taking place, making places.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-200) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826359476

0826359477

OCLC:

1028022719