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Amazonia : man and culture in a counterfeit paradise / Betty J. Meggers.

Title
Amazonia : man and culture in a counterfeit paradise / Betty J. Meggers.
Author
Meggers, Betty Jane.
Publication
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1996.

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Description
ix, 214 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
Summary
"Epilogue reviews recent archaeological evidence for the precolumbian antiquity of social and settlement behavior of indigenous Amazonian groups"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Subject
  • Adaptation (Biology) > Amazon River Valley
  • Amazon River Valley > Environmental conditions
  • Biotic communities > Amazon River Valley
  • Human geography > Amazon River Valley
  • Indians of South America > Amazon River Valley
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. The Ecosystem -- 2. Aboriginal Adaptation to the Terra Firme -- 3. Adaptive Aspects of Terra Firme Culture -- 4. Aboriginal Adaptation to the Varzea -- 5. Amazonia in the Modern World -- 6. The Evolutionary Significance of Adaptation -- Epilogue: Recent Developments.
ISBN
1560986557 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^95036727^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library