Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise

Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise

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When first published in 1971, Amazonia was a pioneering contribution to the emerging field of cultural ecology. Betty Meggers argued that the Amazon's luxurious vegetation concealed significant limitations for human exploitation, placing a ceiling on pre-Columbian population density and social complexity. Amazonia in this revised new edition includes recent biological and climatic data. Ethnographic and archaeological evidence reemphasize the complexity of the ecosystem and broaden our understanding of past and present sophisticated adaptations among indigenous groups.

Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise,Betty Meggers,Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press,1560986557,Adaptation (Biology),Amazon River Valley,Anthropology - Cultural,Archaeology / Anthropology,Biotic communities,Human Geography,Indians of South America,Latin America - South America,Native Americans - History,Sociology,Amazon river,Applied ecology,Human ecology,Non-Classifiable

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