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The domestication of amazonia before european conquest
Clement, Charles Roland; Denevan, William M.; Heckenberger, Michael J.; Junqueira, André Braga; Neves, Eduardo Goés; Teixeira, Wenceslau GeraldesDuring the twentieth century, Amazonia was widely regarded as relatively pristine nature, little impacted by human history. This view remains popular despite mounting evidence of substantial human influence over millennial scales across the region. Here, we review the evidence of an anthropogenic Amazonia in response to claims of sparse populations across broad portions of the region. Amazonia was a major centr...
Response to comment by McMichael, Piperno and Bush
Clement, Charles Roland; Denevan, William M.; Heckenberger, Michael J.; Junqueira, André Braga; Neves, Eduardo Goés; Teixeira, Wenceslau G.
De onde surgem os modelos? As origens e expansões Tupi na Amazônia Central
Heckenberger, Michael J.; Neves, Eduardo G.; Petersen, James B.This article presents archaeological data for the debate - revisited in the Revista de Antropologia by Franciso Noelli, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro and Greg Urban - on a putative origin of the Tupí languages in the Central Amazon. We present here the preliminary results of the archaeological research we have been undertaking in the area of confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers which seem not to support the...