Winter 2018,
Researchers find human impact on Amazon Rainforest still evident after 500 years
Thu, Jan 18, 2018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE—DURHAM, N.H. - Tropical forests span a huge area, harbor a wide diversity of species, and are important to water and nutrient cycling on a planet scale. But in ancient Amazonia, over 500 years ago, clearing tropical forests was a way of survival to provide land for families to farm and villages to prosper. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire used high-tech tools to more precisely view where these cleared sites were and how much lasting impact they had on the rainforest in the Amazon Basin in South America.
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/researchers-find-human-impact-on-amazon-rainforest-still-evident-after-500-years
