# Amazonia

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- Book: [Amazonia](https://www.bookquiver.com/betty-j-meggers/amazonia) ([Amazonia.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/betty-j-meggers/amazonia.md))
- Authors: [Betty J. Meggers](https://www.bookquiver.com/betty-j-meggers)
- Publisher: smithsonian_institution_scholarly_press
- ISBN: 978-15-6098-655-3
- Pages: 214
- Published: 1996-07-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When first published in 1971, Amazonia was a pioneering contribution to the emerging field of cultural ecology. Betty Meggers argued that the Amazon's luxurious vegetation concealed significant limitations...