Nature and Culture in Prehistoric Amazonia : Using G.I.S. to reconstruct ancient ethnogenetic processes from archaeology, linguistics, geography, and ethnohistory

Abstract
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
	1.1 The problem: Rethinking previous research on prehistoric Amazonia
	1.2 Introducing the Arawak language family
	1.3 Aims and theoretical points of departure
		1.3.1 Aims
		1.3.2 Theoretical points of departure
	1.4 Methodology and material: Constructing the database
		1.4.1 Methodology
		1.4.2 Material
/Regional studies
2. Western Amazonia
	2.1 Physical geography
	2.2 Archaeology
	2.3 Historical linguistics
	2.4 Ethnohistory
3. Southern Amazonia
	3.1 Physical geography
	3.2 Archaeology
	3.3 Historical linguistics
	3.4 Ethnohistory
4. The middle and lower Amazon
	4.1 Physical Geography
	4.2 Archaeology
	4.3 Historical Linguistics
	4.4 Ethnohistory
5. The Orinoco-Guiana area
	5.1 Physical geography
	5.2 Archaeology
	5.3 Historical linguistics
	5.4 Ethnohistory
6. The northwest Amazon
	6.1 Physical geography
	6.2 Archaeology
	6.3 Historical linguistics
	6.4 Ethnohistory
7. Conclusions
	7.1 Regional integration, ethnogenesis, and the Arawak phenomenon
	7.2  Regional interaction reflected in the early development of agriculture, earthworks, and ceramics
		7.2.1 Western Amazonia
		7.2.2 Southern Amazonia
		7.2.3 The middle and lower Amazon
		7.2.4 The Orinoco-Guiana area
		7.2.5 The northwest Amazon
	7.3 The relation between ceramic styles, language families, and socio-cultural organization
		7.3.1 Western Amazonia298F
		7.3.2 Southern Amazonia
		7.3.3 The middle and lower Amazon
		7.3.4 The Orinoco-Guiana area
		7.3.5 The northwest Amazon
	7.4 General conclusions: The Arawak phenomenon
		7.4.1 The expansion of the Arawak regional exchange system
		7.4.2 The Arawak matrix and the nature of the Arawak expansion
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