Search Results - "Kuikuro, Afukaka"
-
1
Assessing charcoal and phytolith signals for pre-Columbian land-use based on modern indigenous activity areas in the Upper Xingu, Amazonia
Published in Holocene (Sevenoaks) (01-10-2023)“…The nature and extent of past indigenous transformations in the Amazon basin is an actively debated topic, and one that has important implications for both…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
Pre-Columbian Urbanism, Anthropogenic Landscapes, and the Future of the Amazon
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (29-08-2008)“…The archaeology of pre-Columbian polities in the Amazon River basin forces a reconsideration of early urbanism and long-term change in tropical forest…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
Amazonia 1492: Pristine Forest or Cultural Parkland?
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (19-09-2003)“…Archaeology and indigenous history of Native Amazonian peoples in the Upper Xingu region of Brazil reveal unexpectedly complex regional settlement patterns and…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory
Published in Nature sustainability (01-10-2024)“…Amazonian dark earth (ADE) is highly nutrient- and carbon-rich soil created by past inhabitants of the Amazon. It would be valuable to know the extent of ADE…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-05-2024)“…The expansion of globalized industrial societies is causing global warming, ecosystem degradation, and species and language extinctions worldwide. Mainstream…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon
Published in Science advances (22-09-2023)“…Fertile soil known as Amazonian dark earth is central to the debate over the size and ecological impact of ancient human populations in the Amazon. Dark earth…”
Get full text
Journal Article