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前哥伦布时代玻利维亚的火与水的管理

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Reconstructed landscape in the Llanos de Mojos, Bolivia.

image: Reconstructed landscape, including inhabited forest island, fish weirs, and raised fields in the Llanos de Mojos, Bolivia. view more 

Credit: Image credit: Kathryn Killackey (artist).

科研人员研究了玻利维亚Quinato湿地的沉积物芯,发现了至少在3500年前开始,前哥伦布社会使用火和水文工程转变了亚马逊西南部的地形,这之后将会被家畜的到来以及17世纪耶稣会传教带来的新技术改变;这组作者说,这些发现提示,尽管在全新世中期到晚期降水增加,当前亚马逊西南部的地形是被狩猎、农业以及渔业实践塑造的。

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