Pre-Columbian agriculture in the Amazon basin refers to the farming practices developed by the indigenous communities of the Amazon rainforest before the European conquest. Contrary to the common misc
Brazil nuts: Shelled Brazil nuts on left; on upper right, a freshly cut Brazil nut fruit and 2 Brazil nut seeds in their shell; lower right, the Brazil nut capsule
Homemade Terra Preta. Charcoal pieces are indicated with white arrows.
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The Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle, Amazonia, or simply the Amazon, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America
Pre-Columbian agriculture in the Amazon Basin
…Pre-Columbian agriculture in the Amazon basin refers to the farming practices developed by the indigenous communities of the Amazon rainforest before the European conquest. Contrary to the common misconception of the pre-Columbian rainforest as a pristine wilderness untouched by human influence…
Aerial view of a floodplain in the Amazon rainforest near Manaus
Manaus, with 2.2 million inhabitants, is the largest city in the Amazon basin
The Yanomami are a group of approximately 32,000 indigenous people who live in the Amazon rainforest
Members of an uncontacted tribe encountered in the Brazilian state of Acre in 2009