The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics
- List Price: $122.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Academic Pr
- Publish date: 04/01/1998
Description:
-- Argues that tropical forest food production emerged at approximately the same time as that in the Near East and is earlier than currently demonstrated in highland Mexico and Peru
-- Contends that the lowland tropics witnessed climatic and vegetational changes between 11,000 BP and 10,000 BP, no less profound than those experienced at higher latitudes
-- Appeals to anyone concerned with Latin American prehistory
-- Covers the development of slash and burn (or swidden) cultivation
-- Focuses on low and lower mid-elevations
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-- Contends that the lowland tropics witnessed climatic and vegetational changes between 11,000 BP and 10,000 BP, no less profound than those experienced at higher latitudes
-- Appeals to anyone concerned with Latin American prehistory
-- Covers the development of slash and burn (or swidden) cultivation
-- Focuses on low and lower mid-elevations
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