The Emptied Amazon · source record · paper

Raised fields in the Bolivian Amazonia: a prehistoric green revolution or a flood risk mitigation strategy?

Umberto Lombardo; Elisa Canal-Beeby; Seraina Fehr; Heinz Veit; Journal of Archaeological Science · 2011

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identifier / locator: J. Archaeol. Sci. 38(3):502–512, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.022
url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440310003444
verification note: Verified 2026-08-28 via Wayback capture; abstract checked verbatim.

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Supports· moderateAMZ-E015

what the source states: "Our alternative proposal suggests that raised field agriculture allowed pre-Columbian peoples to mitigate the risk of more intense and frequent flooding than is experienced today in the LM. We show that raised fields were built only in those areas where there were no alternatives…"