Images of Amerindians STONE- AGE archaic Green Hell Cannibal El Dorado Hobbes El Dorado Columbus STONE- AGE Dog-snouted warriors Hobbes archaic primitive Rousseau Green Hell Léry Garden of Eden Amazons Savage Homer 1
Rolling Stone, 10/17/07
the tropical forest tribe: what you see in 20th century The Handbook of South American Indians (1946-1950) state chiefdom tribe band the tropical forest tribe: i.e., you get in the past) what you see in 20th century 3
Areas of Complex Societies in Amazonia 4
1 2 3 Amazonian Polychrome Tradition Marajoara Santarém Central Amazon
Caumtins (Marajoara) mound group Elite mounds
Domestic mounds
Elite Mounds (Camutins) Regional Ceramic Traditions ? Elite Mounds (Camutins) Regional Ceramic Traditions
CENTRAL AMAZON
Southern Amazon borderlands
Mound linked by causeways in domesticated landscapes of lowland Bolivia
Geoglyph sites in Acre, western Brazil
1) Acre, Brazil; 2) lowland Bolivia; 3) Upper Xingu River
Earthworks provide key: Highly visible and datable, contiguous, and precisely laid out
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5 cm
Manioc, the major Amazonian staple crop (domesticated by 6,000-8,000 BC, based on genetic evidence)
At least 138 crops with some degree of domestication were being cultivated or managed by native Amazonians at the time of European conquest (83 crops native to Amazonia). 68% of these Amazonian crops are fruit or nut trees or woody perennials (not surprising in Amazon forest). Peach Palm
The Arawak Diaspora 28 28
Fish farming
eastern lowland Bolivia Fish-farming, Baure of eastern lowland Bolivia Raised Agricultural Fields, Bolivian lowlands
B A 2 4 3 1 5 MIDDLE BERBICE STUDY AREA
Kaurikreek: 2200-1750 BC Dubulay: 3320-2760 BC 3010-2870 BC
300 m
The Province of the Arawaks, and the Berbice (Lokono)