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Ryan Clasby & Jason Nesbitt (ed.). 2021. The archaeology of the Upper Amazon: complexity and interaction in the Andean tropical forest. Gainesville: University Press of Florida; 978-0-8130-6690-5 hardback $90. The [...]

COLIN RENFREW & PAUL BAHN (ed.). The Cambridge world prehistory. 3 volumes, xxxii+2049 pages, numerous b&w illustrations. 2014. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 978-0-521-11993-1 hardback 450 £ & $675. In the [...]

Agricultural productivity and Amazonian settlement The nature of Pre-Columbian agricultural systems in Amazonia has stimulated considerable debate, specifically: can one or another cultigen - maize or manioc - provide a [...]

Comments on the nature and variability of cultural formations and economic patterns in Amazonia. Discussion of indigenous resource management systems with mechanized development strategies of the modern world; Implications of unrestrained development in the Amazon; Relevance of archaeology for constructing ecological and cultural variation in the region; Significance of cultural variability to diverse interest groups.

Provides evidence on the existence of prehistoric Amerindian settlement in Brazil. Exploration of the lower Negro and upper Xingu Rivers of the Amazon; Impact of location as a means of determining status of a person in the society; Implication of earthworks for the shift in regional settlement pattern.