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Original research article
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06 Jan 2015
Original research article |
| 06 Jan 2015
Soil properties and pre-Columbian settlement patterns in the Monumental Mounds Region of the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivian Amazon
Universität Bern, Geographisches Institut, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
CaSeS research group, IMF-CSIC, C/Egipciaques, 15-08001 Barcelona, Spain
S. Denier
Universität Bern, Geographisches Institut, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
H. Veit
Universität Bern, Geographisches Institut, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Short summary
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. This study provides new data on the soil properties of the south-eastern Bolivian Amazon and reinforces the hypothesis that environmental constraints and opportunities exerted an important role on pre-Columbian occupation patterns and the population density reached in the Bolivian Amazon.
In the present paper we explore to what degree soil properties might have influenced...
