Book ID: CBB000111412

Imperfect Balance: Landscape Transformations in the Precolumbian Americas (2000)

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Denevan, William M. (Editor)


Columbia University Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xxiv + 547 pp., illus., figs., tables, apps., bibls., index
Language: English

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Review Whitmore, Thomas M. (2002) Review of "Imperfect Balance: Landscape Transformations in the Precolumbian Americas". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 107). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Aveni, Anthony F.
Stuart, David C.
Philip L. Kohl
Smith, Cameron McPherson
Yaya, Isabel
Weigel, Valéria Augusta C. M.
Concepts
Native American civilization and culture
Mayan civilization
Astronomy
Archaeoastronomy
Calendars
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
Precolumbian period (America)
Ancient
16th century
18th century
17th century
Early modern
Places
South America
Central America
Peru
North America
Mesoamerica
Pacific Northwest (North America)
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