| Island, River, and Field: Landscape Archaeology in the Llanos de Mojos Contributor(s): Walker, John H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826359469 ISBN-13: 9780826359469 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 930.109 |
| LCCN: 2017037661 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Archaeologists have long associated the development of agriculture with the rise of the state. But the archaeology of the Amazon Basin, revealing traces of agriculture but lacking evidence of statehood, confounds their assumptions. John H. Walker's innovative study of the Bolivian Amazon addresses this contradiction by examining the agricultural landscape and analyzing the earthworks from an archaeological perspective. The archaeological data is presented in ascending scale throughout the book. Scholars across archaeology and environmental anthropology will find the methodology and theoretical arguments essential for further study. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walker, John H.: - John H. Walker is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He is also the author of Agricultural Change in the Bolivian Amazon: Cambio Agrícola En La Amazonía Boliviana. |