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Additional Comments on the Earthworks of Mojos in Northeastern Bolivia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William M. Denevan
William M. Denevan*
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University of California, Berkeley, California
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Abstract

In northeastern Bolivia, on savanna lands subject to seasonal inundation, there are many thousands of pre-Spanish earthworks including drained fields, causeways, mounds, canals, and circular ditches. Additional information is presented here on the nature, quantity, distribution, purposes, and antiquity of these only recently described earthworks, along with a brief review of similar features in South America and elsewhere.

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Facts and Comments
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 1963 , pp. 540 - 545
Copyright
copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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