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The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics. Dolores R. Piperno and Deborah M. Pearsall. Academic Press, San Diego, 1998. xiv + 400 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. $99.00 (cloth).

Emily McClung de Tapia
- 01 Mar 2000 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 01, pp 104-106
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This article is published in Latin American Antiquity.The article was published on 2000-03-01. It has received 5 citations till now.

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Modeling wood acquisition strategies from archaeological charcoal remains

TL;DR: This case study demonstrates that behavioral ecology modeling can help to distinguish between multiple wood acquisition strategies potentially used in the past and improve the understanding of wood use from archaeological charcoal remains.
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Stable Carbon and Nitrogen isotope studies in the Delta of Paraná River (Argentina): An approach to Pre-hispanic diets

TL;DR: Bonomo, Mariano, et al. as discussed by the authors presented the Bonomo et al.'s paper as discussed by the authors, which was published by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas and Tecnicas, Argentina.
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A story told from a small-mesh screen: the importance of songbirds and ground doves to the Guangala people at the El Azúcar archeological site in coastal Ecuador

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the avian component of the zooarchaeological remains to examine patterns in resource use and paleoecological conditions during site occupancy, finding that songbirds and small ground doves made up over 90% of all samples.
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The Constructed Biodiversity, Forest Management and Use of Fire in Ancient Amazon: An Archaeological Testimony on the Last 14,000 Years of Indigenous History

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explore some of the patterns revealed by archaeology as it studies records of human occupation in the Amazon that span most of the Holocene, particularly the continuities and changes in environmental management, accumulated in the form of knowledge among traditional populations, and materialized in the current floral biodiversity of the region.