Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia
The Casarabe culture (500–1400 ce), spreading over roughly 4,500 km<sup>2</sup> of the monumental mounds region of the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia, is one of the clearest examples of urbanism in pre-Columbian (pre-1492 ce) Amazonia. It exhibits a four-tier hierarchical settlement pattern, w...
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Nature Research
2025
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