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Observations on Archaeological Remains in Northeastern Bolivia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

George Plafker
George Plafker*
Affiliation:
U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
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Abstract

In the Department of Beni, northeastern Bolivia, there are remnants of cultivated fields, roadways, and canals that are distributed over an area of 15,000 square miles. These features are interpreted as indicating the former existence of a highly organized, populous, agrarian society that antedates the culture of the Indian tribes now in the area.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , January 1963 , pp. 372 - 378
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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