Soil properties and pre-Columbian settlement patterns in the Monumental Mounds Region of the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivian Amazon

In the present paper we explore to what degree soil properties might have influenced pre-Columbian settlement patterns in the Monumental Mounds Region (MMR) of the Llanos de Moxos (LM), Bolivian Amazon. Monumental mounds are pre-Hispanic earth buildings and were preferentially built on mid- to late...

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Main Authors: U. Lombardo, S. Denier, H. Veit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-01-01
Series:SOIL
Online Access:http://www.soil-journal.net/1/65/2015/soil-1-65-2015.pdf