French Guiana: Fire-Free Land Use In Pre-1492 Amazonian Savannas

French Guiana: Fire-Free Land Use In Pre-1492 Amazonian Savannas   José Iriarte, Mitchell J. Power, Stéphen Rostain, Francis E. Mayle, Huw Jones, Jennifer Watling, Bronwen S. Whitney, and Doyle B. McKey, 2012   The nature and scale of pre-Columbian land use and the consequences of the 1492 “Columbian Encounter” (CE) on Amazonia are among the more debated topics in New World archaeology and paleoecology. However, pre-Columbian human impact in Amazonian savannas remains poorly...

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