Amazonian Dark Earths
Amazonian Dark Earths

Author: Johannes Lehmann

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-02-25

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1402025971

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Dark Earths are a testament to vanished civilizations of the Amazon Basin, but may also answer how large societies could sustain intensive agriculture in an environment of infertile soils. This book examines their origin, properties, and management. Questions remain: were they intentionally produced or a by-product of habitation. Additional new and multidisciplinary perspectives by leading experts may pave the way for the next revolution in soil management in the humid tropics.

Hagios Charalambos
Hagios Charalambos

Author: Philip P. Betancourt

Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press

Published: 2014-12-31

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1623033934

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This is the first of five planned volumes to present the primary archaeological report about the excavation of the cave of Hagios Charalambos in eastern Crete. The Minoans used this small cavern as an ossuary for the secondary burial of human remains and grave goods, primarily during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. The geography and geology surrounding the cave is discussed along with the methodology of the excavation. A portion of the pottery and all of the small finds are presented with many illustrations.