Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths

• Umberto Lombardo,
• Manuel Arroyo-Kalin,
• Morgan Schmidt,
• Hans Huisman,
• Helena P. Lima,
• Claide de Paula Moraes,
• Eduardo G. Neves,
• Charles R. Clement,
• João Aires da Fonseca,
• Fernando Ozorio de Almeida,
• Carlos Francisco Brazão Vieira Alho,
• Christopher Bronk Ramsey,
• George G. Brown,
• Marta S. Cavallini,
• Marcondes Lima da Costa,
• Luís Cunha,
• Lúcia Helena C. dos Anjos,
• William M. Denevan,
• Carlos Fausto,
• Caroline Fernandes Caromano,
• Ademir Fontana,
• Bruna Franchetto,
• Bruno Glaser,
• Michael J. Heckenberger,
• Susanna Hecht,
• Vinicius Honorato,
• Klaus A. Jarosch,
• André Braga Junqueira,
• Thiago Kater,
• Eduardo K. Tamanaha,
• Thomas W. Kuyper,
• Johannes Lehmann,
• Marco Madella,
• S. Yoshi Maezumi,
• Leandro Matthews Cascon,
• Francis E. Mayle,
• Doyle McKey,
• Bruno Moraes,
• Gaspar Morcote-Ríos,
• Carlos A. Palheta Barbosa,
• Marcos Pereira Magalhães,
• Gabriela Prestes-Carneiro,
• Francisco Pugliese,
• Fabiano N. Pupim,
• Marco F. Raczka,
• Anne Rapp Py-Daniel,
• Philip Riris,
• Bruna Cigaran da Rocha,
• Leonor Rodrigues,
• Stéphen Rostain,
• Rodrigo Santana Macedo,
• Myrtle P. Shock,
• Tobias Sprafke,
• Filippo Stampanoni Bassi,
• Raoni Valle,
• Pablo Vidal-Torrado,
• Ximena S. Villagrán,
• Jennifer Watling,
• Sadie L. Weber,
• Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira

Affiliations

Umberto Lombardo

Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Bellaterra

Manuel Arroyo-Kalin

Institute of Archaeology, University College London

Morgan Schmidt

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hans Huisman

Groningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen

Helena P. Lima

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Claide de Paula Moraes

Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Eduardo G. Neves

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo

Charles R. Clement

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

João Aires da Fonseca

ArqueoMaquina

Fernando Ozorio de Almeida

Departamento de Arqueologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Carlos Francisco Brazão Vieira Alho

Wageningen University & Research

Christopher Bronk Ramsey

School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

George G. Brown

Embrapa Forestry

Marta S. Cavallini

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo

Marcondes Lima da Costa

Geosciences Institute, Federal University of Pará

Luís Cunha

Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Universidade de Coimbra

Lúcia Helena C. dos Anjos

Soils Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

William M. Denevan

Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Carlos Fausto

Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Caroline Fernandes Caromano

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Ademir Fontana

Embrapa Solos

Bruna Franchetto

Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Bruno Glaser

Department of Soil Biogeochemistry, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Michael J. Heckenberger

Department of Anthropology, University of Florida

Susanna Hecht

School of Public Affairs, UCLA

Vinicius Honorato

Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Klaus A. Jarosch

Geographical Institute, University of Bern

André Braga Junqueira

Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Bellaterra

Thiago Kater

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo

Eduardo K. Tamanaha

Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá

Thomas W. Kuyper

Wageningen University & Research

Johannes Lehmann

School of Integrative Plant Science, Department of Global Development, Cornell University

Marco Madella

Culture and Socio-Ecological Dynamics Research Group, Department of Humanities, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics, University of Amsterdam

Leandro Matthews Cascon

Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University

Francis E. Mayle

Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading

Doyle McKey

CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Univ Paul-Valéry Montpellier

Bruno Moraes

Amazon Hopes Collective

Gaspar Morcote-Ríos

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Carlos A. Palheta Barbosa

Institute of National Historic and Artistic Heritage

Marcos Pereira Magalhães

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Gabriela Prestes-Carneiro

Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Francisco Pugliese

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo

Fabiano N. Pupim

Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Marco F. Raczka

Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading

Anne Rapp Py-Daniel

Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Philip Riris

Institute for Modelling Socio-Environmental Transitions, Bournemouth University

Bruna Cigaran da Rocha

Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Leonor Rodrigues

Climate and Agriculture Group, Agroscope

Stéphen Rostain

French National Centre for Scientific Research

Rodrigo Santana Macedo

Instituto Nacional do Semiárido (INSA)

Myrtle P. Shock

Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Tobias Sprafke

Geographical Institute, University of Bern

Filippo Stampanoni Bassi

Museu da Amazônia

Raoni Valle

Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Pablo Vidal-Torrado

Soil Science Department, University of São Paulo

Ximena S. Villagrán

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo

Jennifer Watling

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo

Sadie L. Weber

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo

Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira

Embrapa Solos