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