The Transformation of Environment into Landscape: The Historical Ecology of Monumental Earthwork Construction in the Bolivian Amazon

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7018
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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Erickson, Clark L.
Journal:	Diversity
Volume:	2
Page(s):	618-652
Date:	2010
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7018
Sector:	Land Tenure & Use
Region:	South America
Subject(s):	ecology--history landscape change forests
Abstract:	"Although the Neotropics are recognized as a region rich in biological diversity, the origin, evolution, and maintenance of this phenomenon continues to be debated. Historical ecologists and landscape archaeologists point out that the Neotropics have a long, complex human history that may have been a key factor in the creation, shaping, and management of present day biodiversity. The construction of monumental earthworks referred to as ring ditches of the Bolivian Amazon and surrounding regions in late prehistory had considerable impact on the fauna, flora, soils, and topography of forest islands. Patterned landscape features, historical documents, energetics, and historical ecology are used to understand the transformation of forest islands into anthropogenic built environments."

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