Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

CINWA (database of terminology for cultivated plants in indigenous languages of northwestern South America): introducing a resource for research in ethnobiology, anthropology, historical linguistics, and interdisciplinary research on the neolithic transition in South America

“…While surely an independent perusal of botanical and ethnobotanical literature would have resulted in a different, perhaps expanded list, this would have been a research undertaking of such an extent that would have exceeded available resources by far, and would also have engendered its own perils given that we are a team of linguists rather than (ethno)botanists. Our impression was that Denevan's compilation comes as close to definite as any with scope over South America as a whole, so that we found it preferable to adopt his compilation-highlighted as particularly useful in reviews (Newson, 2002;Stadel, 2005)-for our purposes. As adapted for perusal in CINWA, the list features 189 cultivated plants, along with additional information on each one,…”

Assessing social-ecological connectivity of agricultural landscapes in Spain: Resilience implications amid agricultural intensification trends and urbanization

“…4 Initial quotation marks denoting "traditional" rural landscape were used to reflect the historical and ongoing prevalence of dynamic changes (rather than static customs) (Antrop and Van Eetvelde, 2017;Denevan, 2001;Doolittle, 2000;Renes, 2015). Subsequent usage of "traditional" does not utilize quotation marks.…”

A distribuição dos seres vivos no espaço: algumas reflexões sobre a evolução desse conhecimento e desafios presentes para a Geografia

“…Partindo dessa concepção, Oliveira et al (2005) consideram que, mesmo sendo a existência do Homem na Terra insignificante em relação à história geológica, no que diz respeito aos processos contemporâneos sua participação é determinante. No caso específico da América do Sul, vários estudos provam que, há milhares de anos, os povos indígenas já provocavam um impacto significativo sobre a superfície, imprimindo-lhe as suas marcas (LENTZ, 2000;DENEVAN, 2001).…”