Island, River, and Field: Landscape Archaeology in the Llanos de Mojos

by John H Walker, John H. Walker, John H Walker

Archaeologists have long associated the development of agriculture with the rise of the state. But the archaeology of the Amazon Basin, revealing traces of agriculture but lacking evidence of statehood, confounds their assumptions. John H. Walker's innovative study of the Bolivian Amazon addresses this contradiction by examining the agricultural landscape and analyzing the earthworks from an archaeological perspective. The archaeological data is presented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826359469
• ISBN13: 9780826359469
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"