Was there ever a Neolithic in the Neotropics? Plant familiarisation and biodiversity in the Amazon
Was there ever a Neolithic in the Neotropics? Plant familiarisation and biodiversity in the Amazon
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DOI：
10.15184/aqy.2018.157
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
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1.8
通讯作者：
Neves, Eduardo G.
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作者：
Fausto, Carlos;Neves, Eduardo G.
亚马逊是世界上少数几个独立的植物驯化中心之一，但考古学和人种学证据表明，那里的农业转型相对较晚。为了理解这种时间滞后，作者建议使用“熟悉”而不是“驯化”的概念来解释亚马逊植物管理以及该地区植物和人之间的长期关系。这一概念使他们能够对古代和当代的植物栽培和管理模式投以新的眼光，这些模式可能与旧世界的模式不同。
The Amazon is one of the few independent centres of plant domestication in the world, yet archaeological and ethnographic evidence suggest a relatively recent transition to agriculture there. In order to make sense of this time lag, the authors propose the use of the concept of 'familiarisation' instead of 'domestication', to explain Amazonian plant management, and the long-term relationship between plants and people in the region. This concept allows them to cast a fresh eye over ancient and contemporary patterns of plant cultivation and management that may be distinct to the ones described for the Old World.