Agricultural Change in the Bolivian Amazon / Cambio Agrícola en la Amazonía Boliviana

Creator

John H. Walker, University of Central FloridaFollow

Keywords

Archaeology, Bolivia, Amazon, Agriculture, Raised Fields

Description

Full text in Spanish and English

Abstract

Large dense populations in the Llanos de Moxos of lowland eastern Bolivia constructed raised field systems for intensive agricultural production as early as the fifth century A.D. This systematic study concludes that even though no single hypothesis can explain the abandonment of these productive agricultural systems before the Spanish conquest, changes in social organization seem to have been the most important factor. Complete text in English and Spanish.

Date Created

2004

Type

Article

Language

Spanish/English

Number of Pages

131

College

College of Sciences

Department

Department of Anthropology

Recommended Citation

Memoirs in Latin American Archaeology, No. 13, published by University of Pittsburgh Latin American Archaeology Publications and Fundación Kenneth Lee (Trinidad, Beni), 2004. 131 pp. ISBN: 1-877812-61-7.