Persistent Early to Middle Holocene tropical foraging in southwestern Amazonia

Capriles, Jose M.; Lombardo, Umberto; Maley, Blaine; Zuna, Carlos; Veit, Heinz; Kennett, Douglas J.

Abstract

The Amazon witnessed the emergence of complex societies after 2500 years ago that altered tropical landscapes through intensive agriculture and managed aquatic systems. However, very little is known about the context and conditions that preceded these social and environmental transformations. Here, we demonstrate that forest islands in the Llanos de Moxos of southwestern Amazonia contain human burials and represent the earliest settlements in the region between 10,600 and 4000 years ago. These archaeological sites and their contents represent the earliest evidence of communities that experienced conditions conducive to engaging with food production such as environmental stability, resource disturbance, and increased territoriality in the Amazonian tropical lowlands.

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Título según WOS: Persistent Early to Middle Holocene tropical foraging in southwestern Amazonia
Título según SCOPUS: Persistent Early to Middle Holocene tropical foraging in southwestern Amazonia
Título de la Revista: SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volumen: 5
Número: 4
Editorial: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1126/sciadv.aav5449

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS