1491 mann5/24/2023 Moreover, she argues that the frequent, strong weather conditions created by the tropical climate helped to secure the value of this strategy over a long-term period. This hypothesis is based primarily on a work by Smithsonian archaeologist Betty Meggers, who writes of the specific effectiveness of slash-and-burn techniques sued to enrich the rainforest’s soil. Beginning with the accounts of Gaspar de Carvajal, a Spanish explorer and would-be conquistador, Mann expounds upon the hypothesis that the Amazon region was formerly densely populated, owing to its novel techniques of agriculture. These traditions, which sprang up in reaction to the difficult and even hostile environment of the rainforest, evolved over thousands of years. Chapter 9 investigates the peculiar culture surrounding agriculture among the societies of the Amazon rainforest.
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