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Routledge Islands in the Rainforest: Pre-Columbian Amazonia Landscape

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Stephen Rostain's groundbreaking study reveals 25 years of research into how ancient populations transformed the wetlands of Guiana through intensive raised-field agriculture, causeways, habitation mounds, canals, and reservoirs. This scholarly work fundamentally reshapes understanding of pre-Columbian settlement patterns in lowland South America and tropical zones worldwide. By drawing on ethnology, ethnohistory, ecology, and geography, Rostain demonstrates that Amazonian societies achieved remarkable human density and environmental engineering capabilities. The comparative approach reveals how indigenous peoples managed island landscapes through sophisticated water management and settlement infrastructure, challenging conventional narratives about human occupation in tropical lowland regions. Published by Routledge as part of the New Frontiers in Historical Ecology series, this volume combines archaeological evidence with interdisciplinary analysis to document the extensive modifications that shaped ancient Amazonian societies and their relationship with the natural environment.

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Rostain's 25-year research programme examines intensive raised-field agriculture systems developed by pre-Columbian Amazonian populations in Guiana.

The book demonstrates how ancient societies constructed causeways, habitation mounds, canals, and reservoirs to support significant human settlements.

Comparative methodology integrates ethnology, ethnohistory, ecology, and geography to contextualise landscape management across tropical regions.

Part of Routledge's New Frontiers in Historical Ecology series, offering scholarly perspective on lowland South American settlement patterns.

Challenges traditional assumptions about human capacity and density in pre-Columbian tropical environments through archaeological and environmental evidence.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
15 November 2012
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24 May 2012

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