Author(s):
William I. Woods* - University of Kansas
Newton Paulo de Souza Falcão - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Eduardo Góes Neves - Universidade de São Paulo
Lilian Rebellato - Universidade de São Paulo
Christoph Steiner - Universität Bayreuth
Wenceslau G. Teixeira - Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental
Abstract:
Coupled archaeological, geographic, and agronomic research has recently focused on the terra preta phenomenon in lowland Amazonia. This paper will summarize the results of these efforts to date and their significance to past, present, and future food production in the region. Topics to be included are differential preEuropean land-use strategies, current semi-intensive cultivation of these fertile soils, and the recreation of the relevant soil conditions for future small holder applications.
