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ABOUT THE BOOK

This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America – contributing to biological and landscape diversity. This geographic area has supported human populations since at least the transition from the Pleistocene to Holocene, but the nature and scale of these interactions are matters of debate and their legacy to modern lowland environments is not fully understood. This book brings together works from distinct disciplines, including theoretical and methodological approaches on single case studies or broad regional syntheses, with no chronological constraint. The editors aim to generate a novel contribution reporting the most recent and ground-breaking research on human interactions with past environments and resources in lowland South America, from pre-Columbian to Colonial times. The volume also discusses the legacy of these past interactions and their potential contribution to informing current conservationand development agendas, providing examples of how archaeology and paleoecology can fill gaps in conservation and developmental policy. This volume will be of interest to students, archaeologists, and readers of Latin American studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Legacies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

      
      

   2. The Legacy of Pre-Columbian Fisheries to Food Security and Poverty Alleviation in the Modern Amazon

      • André Carlo Colonese, Cecile Brugere, Milena Ramires, Mariana Clauzet, Rafael Brandi, Arkley Marques Bandeira et al.

      Pages 3-19

   3. Creating a Collaborative Management Framework for the Conservation of an Indigenous Mounds’ Landscape in the Wetlands of India Muerta (Uruguay): State of the Art and Future Perspectives

      • Camila Gianotti, Laura del Puerto, Lucía Courtoisie, Joaquín Aldabe, César Fagúndez, Beatriz Orrego et al.

      Pages 21-50

   4. Through Zo’é Paths and Capoeiras: Networks of Relations in the Guianas and the “Sparse Population” Question

      • Fabio Augusto Nogueira Ribeiro, Claide de Paula Moraes, Raoni Bernardo Maranhão Valle

      Pages 51-85

   5. Historical Ecology in Amazonia

      • Stéphen Rostain, Doyle McKey

      Pages 87-107

   6. Building Databases for the Generation of Archeological Landscape Models in Santa Catarina (Brazil)

      • Mirian Carbonera, Daniel Loponte

      Pages 109-131

   7. Traditional Erva-mate Production Systems: How Historical Ecology and Environmental History Can Inform Local and Global Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration

      • João Francisco Miró Medeiros Nogueira, Alessandra Izabel de Carvalho, Evelyn Roberta Nimmo

      Pages 133-155

2. Our Shared Past

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

      
      

   2. An Archaeology of Social Jê Landscapes at Urubici, Santa Catarina

      • Rafael Corteletti, Bruno Labrador, Paulo Antônio Dantas DeBlasis

      Pages 159-179

   3. Archaeology of Fishing of the Earthen and Shell Moundbuilders (Cerritos and Sambaquis) of the Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil, 3200–200 Years BP

      • Rafael Guedes Milheira, Flávio Rizzi Calippo, Manuel Haimovici

      Pages 181-204

   4. The Onset of Deep-Water Fishing in Southern Brazil

      • Thiago Fossile, Júlio César de Sá, Jessica Ferreira, André Carlo Colonese

      Pages 205-218

   5. Exploitation, Management and Cultivation of Plants by Holocene Populations of the Cerrado of Brazil (South America)

      • Daniela Dias Ortega, Marco Madella, Jonas Gregorio de Souza, Ximena Suarez Villagran

      Pages 219-242

   6. Wild Plant Resources and Cerritos de Indio Archaeological Sites at the India Muerta-Paso Barranca Archaeological Locality

      • Joaquín Mazarino

      Pages 243-262

   7. Charcoal Production, Social Invisibility and the Genesis of a Landscape in the Pedra Branca Massif (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

      • Rúbia Graciele Patzlaff, Rogério Ribeiro de Oliveira, Rita Scheel-Ybert

      Pages 263-282

   8. Mounds of Eastern Uruguay, Beyond the Causes of their Accretion

      • Roberto Bracco Boksar, Ofelia Gutiérrez, Christopher Duarte, Daniel Panario

      Pages 283-310

3. Back Matter

   Pages 311-319