caa a22 4500 388056304 CHVBK 20180307125107.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199809 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0003598X00087056 doi S0003598X00087056 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0003598X00087056 Heckenberger Michael J. Departamento de Antropologia — PPGAS, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristovão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Manioc agriculture and sedentism in Amazonia: the Upper Xingu example [Elektronische Daten] [Michael J. Heckenberger] Agricultural productivity and Amazonian settlement The nature of Pre-Columbian agricultural systems in Amazonia has stimulated considerable debate, specifically: can one or another cultigen — maize or manioc — provide a stable agricultural base for sedentism and population growth (eg. Carneiro 1961; 1986; Gross 1975; Meggers 1996; Roosevelt 1980)? Certain ecological factors are generally seen to limit production and intensification of those subsistence resources that can support sedentary or densely distributed populations. Low agricultural productivity, characteristic of many Amazonian soils, and the generally low density and patchy distribution of terrestrial game are commonly cited as limiting factors (Gross 1975; 1983; Johnson 1982; Meggers 1954; 1996; Ross 1978; Sponsel 1989). It has become accepted that the highly restricted váirzea regions, primarily the floodplain settings of the major ‘white-water' rivers (the Amazon and its Andean-derived tributaries), did not impose these environmental constraints on demographic or economic growth due to their fertile soils and higher concentrations of rich aquatic resources (e.g. Brochado 1984; 1989; Carneiro 1986; 1995; Denevan 1996; Lathrap 1968; 1970; 1987; Lathrap et al. 1985; Meggers 1996; Moran 1993; Roosevelt 1980; 1989; 1994). Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1998 Amazonia nationallicence Amerindians nationallicence contextual archaeology nationallicence tropical agriculture/subsistence nationallicence societal scale nationallicence Antiquity Cambridge University Press 72/277(1998-09), 633-648 0003-598X 72:277<633 1998 72 AQY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00087056 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00087056 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Heckenberger Michael J. Departamento de Antropologia — PPGAS, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristovão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Antiquity Cambridge University Press 72/277(1998-09), 633-648 0003-598X 72:277<633 1998 72 AQY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge