01141nam a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000140006024500220007426001940009652005710029065000130086165000160087465000090089070000180089970000200091770000220093716708562019-10-22       2009    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aWOODS, W.  aTerra preta nova.  aIn: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, 21., 2009, Santa Fe. Global challenge, local action: ethical engagement, partnerships, and practice: annals. Santa Fe: SfAAc2009  aAmazonian soils are almost universally thought of as extremely forbidding. However, it is now clear that complex societies with large, sedentary populations were present for over a millenium before European contact. Associated with these are tracts of anomalously fertile, dark soils termed terra preta. These soils are presently an important agricultural resource within Amazonia. They provide a model for developing long-term future sustainability of food production simple carbon based soil technologies in tropical environments, particularly among small holders.  aAmazonia  aterra preta  aSolo1 aREBELLATO, L.1 aTEIXEIRA, W. G.1 aFALCÃO, N. P. S.