Amazonian Dark Earths Origin Properties Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lehmann, Johannes (Editor), Kern, Dirse C. (Editor), Glaser, Brund (Editor), Wodos, William I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Nature conservation.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Life Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Nature Conservation.

Amazonian Dark Earths are not only a testament to the vanished civilizations of the Amazon Basin, but may provide the answer to how the large, sophisticated societies were able to sustain intensive agriculture in an environment with mostly infertile soils. Locally known as Terra Preta de Indio or In...