Pre-Columbian Amazon-Scale Transformations

Información del proyecto

PAST

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 616179

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de inicio 1 Julio 2014

Fecha de finalización 30 Junio 2018

Financiado con arreglo a

• Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Coste total € 1 723 004,97

Aportación de la UE € 1 723 004,97

Coordinado por

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
United Kingdom

Objetivo

"The protection of rainforests and the development of sustainable land-use practices in the humid tropics are of global significance because these forests represent a major reservoir of biodiversity and are of crucial importance for the regulation of Earth’s climate. A sound understanding of the historical role of humans in shaping Amazonian landscapes and to what extent Amazonian forests were resilient to historical disturbance is critical to make informed policy decisions about sustainable Amazonian futures. However, the nature and scale of pre-Columbian land use and its modern legacy on Amazonian landscapes are among the most debated topics in New World archaeology, palaeoecology and conservation. To resolve this debate, this project will investigate the influence of the late pre-Columbian (1000-1492 A.D.) land use on Amazonian landscapes, the impact of the 1492 Columbian Encounter (CE) and its modern legacy through the comparative study of pre-Columbian land uses in four different regions of Amazonia. It will apply, for the first time, an innovative interdisciplinary approach that integrates archaeology, ethnohistory, archaeobotany, paleoecology, soil science, landscape ecology and remote sensing (including the novel application of LIDAR survey) to the following study regions: (1) the Santarem Amazonian Dark Earth sites in the Lower Amazon, (2) the interfluvial areas of the Purus-Madeira Rivers in the Central Amazon, (3) the Acre geoglyphs of SW Amazonia and (4) the ring-ditches of the Baures forested areas of the Bolivian Amazon. The results of the project have broader implications not only for archaeology and geography but for conservation and sustainable Amazonian futures."

Ámbito científico

• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › landscape ecology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › soil sciences
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › palaeontology › paleoecology
• humanities › history and archaeology › archaeology

Programa(s)

• FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Tema(s)

• ERC-CG-2013-SH6 - ERC Consolidator Grant - The Study of the Human Past

Convocatoria de propuestas

ERC-2013-CoG
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Régimen de financiación

ERC-CG - ERC Consolidator Grants

Institución de acogida

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

• Aportación de la UE: € 1 723 005,00
• Dirección: THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE ; EX4 4QJ Exeter ; Reino Unido
• Región: South West (England) › Devon › Devon CC
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Contacto administrativo: Gaynor Hughes (Ms.)
• Investigador principal: Jose Antonio Iriarte Mugica (Prof.)
• Coste total: Sin datos

Beneficiarios (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Reino Unido

• Aportación de la UE: € 1 723 005,00
• Dirección: THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE ; EX4 4QJ Exeter
• Región: South West (England) › Devon › Devon CC
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Contacto administrativo: Gaynor Hughes (Ms.)
• Investigador principal: Jose Antonio Iriarte Mugica (Prof.)
• Coste total: Sin datos