Reframing Pre-European Amazonia through an Anthropocene Lens

Antoinette M. G. A WinklerPrins and Carolina Levis

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2020, vol. 111, issue 3, 858-868

Abstract: This article examines three intertwined forms of human transformation of Amazonia’s landscapes: (1) anthrosols, (2) cultural or domesticated forests, and (3) anthropogenic earthworks. By acknowledging the extent to which landscapes are humanized, an Anthropocene lens provides an opportunity to examine Amazonia as an Anthropogenic space (anthrome), providing a more realistic approach to understanding the region’s past and for guiding its conservation.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2020.1843996

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