Early Amazonian Economies and Their Impacts for Today

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This chapter presents archaeological data to discuss the economic history (understood as the construction, use, and management of resources) of Amazonian peoples for the last 13,000 years. From the first half of the twentieth century onward, Amazonian peoples were constantly compared to historic models created for the Near East and Europe; at the beginning elaborate classification systems were developed to explain their inadequacies to “control and subdue” the jungle around them. Later, in order to question this approach, researchers spent years searching for clues of large-scale monoculture production that would fit the models and explain the large archaeological sites found in the region. It is only at the dawn of the third millennium that the models themselves started to be reviewed. Traditional oral history, anthropological data, and postprocessualist approaches have helped pave a different path, one that considers that different human populations will have diverse actions and reactions to their surroundings. With this in mind, this chapter explores the idea that diversified and dynamic strategies prevailed and were sought after in the past; they were not random. Archaeology and traditional knowledge have taught us, in the last 20 years, that Amazonian peoples created their environment in order to create biodiverse niches. The classical bases for the neolithic revolution do not make sense locally and should no longer be used. At the end of this text, we propose a cumulative circular model to help us to understand the diverse strategies elaborated.
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Authors Claide de Paula Moraes, Anne Rapp Py-Daniel
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.28
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.28
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