Reply to Piperno et al.: It is too soon to argue for localized, short-term human impacts in interfluvial Amazonia

Affiliations

¹ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-070, Brazil; jenny.g.watling@gmail.com.
² Department of Archaeology, College of Humanities, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Anthropology, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brazil.
⁵ Centre of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba 13416-000, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom.
⁷ HD Analytical Solutions, Inc., London, ON, Canada M5H 1V3.
⁸ Laboratory of Paleontology, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco 69916-900, Brazil.

Comment

Jennifer Watling et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.

. 2017 May 23;114(21):E4120-E4121.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705697114. Epub 2017 May 15.

¹ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-070, Brazil; jenny.g.watling@gmail.com.
² Department of Archaeology, College of Humanities, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Anthropology, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brazil.
⁵ Centre of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba 13416-000, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom.
⁷ HD Analytical Solutions, Inc., London, ON, Canada M5H 1V3.
⁸ Laboratory of Paleontology, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco 69916-900, Brazil.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Impact of pre-Columbian "geoglyph" builders on Amazonian forests.
Watling J, Iriarte J, Mayle FE, Schaan D, Pessenda LC, Loader NJ, Street-Perrott FA, Dickau RE, Damasceno A, Ranzi A. Watling J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Feb 21;114(8):1868-1873. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614359114. Epub 2017 Feb 6. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 28167791 Free PMC article.
Further evidence for localized, short-term anthropogenic forest alterations across pre-Columbian Amazonia.
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