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- Title
Indian Adaptations in Flooded Regions of South America.
- Authors
Nordenskiöld, Erland; Denevan, William M.
- Abstract
Erland Nordenskiöld was a pioneering Swedish anthropologist who undertook explorations in eastern Bolivia between 1901 and 1914. This often-cited article was originally published in German in 1916. He describes the seasonal flooding of the Mojos savannas and how prehistoric Indians adapted to inundation by constructing canals, dams, causeways, mounds, and raised fields, the first academic to do so. Other prehistoric hydraulic works and earthworks in lowland South America are briefly reported. Included is a letter from the anthropologist Koch-Grünberg suggesting that the section of the Casiquiare Canal which connects the Río Orinoco with the Río Negro and the Amazon is not natural bill rather was dug by Indians.
- Subjects
SOUTH America; FLOODS; MOJO (South American people); SAVANNAS; FLOOD control; HYDRAULIC engineering; EARTHWORK; NORDENSKIOLD, Erland, 1877-1932
- Publication
Journal of Latin American Geography, 2009, Vol 8, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
1545-2476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/lag.0.0065