Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory

Level 4· openalex· T13302· 525 works indexed upstreamcanonical tree

This cluster of papers explores the historical ecology of Amazonian landscapes, focusing on pre-Columbian human impact, plant domestication, landscape management, and the formation of anthropogenic soils. It investigates the long-term interactions between human cultures and the Amazonian environment, highlighting the influence of indigenous practices on forest composition, agrobiodiversity, and cultural landscapes.

Works in this branch

by citations
The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492
Annals of the Association of American Geographers·1992·1 author
1,466citations
Handbook of South American Indians
Geographical Review·1947·2 authors
943citations
The domestication of Amazonia before European conquest
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2015·7 authors·review·Open access
563citations
559citations
The Research Program of Historical Ecology
Annual Review of Anthropology·2006·1 author·review
542citations
531citations
In Amazonia: A Natural History
Tipití Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America·2003·1 author·Open access
528citations
507citations
Biogeography and Quaternary History in Tropical America
Arctic and Alpine Research·1991·3 authors
499citations
From the Milk River: Spatial and Temporal Processes in Northwest Amazonia
Cambridge University Press eBooks·1980·1 author·book
490citations
Prehistorically modified soils of central Amazonia: a model for sustainable agriculture in the twenty-first century
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2006·1 author·Open access
462citations
ANTHROSOLS AND HUMAN CARRYING CAPACITY IN AMAZONIA∗
Annals of the Association of American Geographers·1980·1 author
380citations
In the Society of Nature: A Native Ecology in Amazonia.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute·1995·3 authors
379citations
368citations
Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise.
Journal of Ecology·1972·2 authors
358citations
General patterns of niche construction and the management of ‘wild’ plant and animal resources by small-scale pre-industrial societies
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2011·1 author·Open access
345citations
342citations
How People Domesticated Amazonian Forests
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2018·12 authors·Open access
336citations
322citations