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Parmana : Prehistoric Maize and Manioc Subsistence Along the Amazon and Orinoco

by: Roosvelt, A.C.

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Category: Prehistory
Code: 8755
ISBN-13: 9780125953504 / 978-0-12-595350-4
ISBN-10: 012595350X / 0-12-595350-X
Publisher: Academic Press
Publication Date: 1980
Publication Place: London
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 320
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: Studies in Archaeology

Parmana : prehistoric maize and manioc subsistence along the Amazon and Orinoco
Author:Anna Curtenius Roosevelt

Series:
Studies in archaeology

xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.


Contents:
Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Cultural Developmentin Amazonia; Steward: The Theory of Cultural Ecology; Meggers: The Theory of Environmental Determinism; Carneiro: The Theory of Circumscription; Lathrap: Cultural Ecology or Culture History?; Gross: Limiting Factors in the Amazon Basin; Summary; Chapter 2. A Hypothesis of Technological Change; Boserup: Population Pressure and Agricultural Growth. Subsistence and Population: An Ecological Explanation of Cultural EvolutionChapter 3. The Empirical Basis for the Hypothesis; The Agricultural Potential of Tropical Forest Soils; Hunting and Fishing Resources in Amazonia; The Agricultural Potential of Floodplain Soils; The Plant Tools; Summary; Chapter 4. Parmana; The Parmana Landscape; The Parmana Ecosystem; Carrying Capacity; Chapter 5. The Archaeological Test; The Archaeological Background; The Method of Data Gathering; The Ceramic Sequence; Settlement Patterns and Demographic Change; The History of Subsistence; Summary. Chapter 6. ConclusionReferences; Subject Index


Subjects:
Agriculture
Agriculture Venezuela Parmana Region
Agriculture Venezuela Parmana, Région de
Agriculture préhistorique Amérique du Sud
Amazon River Valley
Amazonia
American Indians
Antiquities
Crops
Cultural Anthropology (General)
Culturele antropologie (algemeen)
Indians of South America Agriculture
Indians of South America Agriculture Amazon River Valley
Indians of South America Agriculture Venezuela Parmana Region
Indians of South America Antiquities
Indians of South America Venezuela Parmana Region Antiquities
Indiens d'Amérique Amérique du Sud Antiquités
Indiens d'Amérique Antiquités
Parmana Region (Venezuela) Antiquities
Parmana, Région de (Venezuela) Antiquités
Peuples autochtones Agriculture Amazonie
Peuples autochtones Agriculture Venezuela Parmana, Région de
Peuples autochtones Venezuela Parmana, Région de Antiquités
Subsistence farming
Venezuela
Venezuela Parmana Region
agrarische samenleving
agricultural society
gypsies
latijns-amerika
latin america
maize
mensen
nomadism
nomadisme
overblijfselen
people
prehistorie
prehistory
primitieve volkeren
primitive peoples
remains
venezuela
zea mays
zigeuners

 
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Parmana : Prehistoric Maize and Manioc Subsistence Along the Amazon and Orinoco

by: Roosvelt, A.C.

  • ISBN-13: 9780125953504 / 978-0-12-595350-4
  • ISBN-03: 012595350X / 0-12-595350-X
  • Academic Press, London, 1980

Price: 43,00 EURO

1 copy in stock