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Islands in the Rainforest : Landscape Management in Pre-Columbian Amazonia /

Stéphen Rostain's book is a culmination of 25 years of research on the extensive human modification of the wetlands environment of Guiana and how it reshapes our thinking of ancient settlement in lowland South America and other tropical zones. Rostain demonstrates that populations were capable...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rostain, Stéphen
Otros Autores: Eliott, Michelle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, Inc., ©2013.
Colección:New frontiers in historical ecology ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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