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William M. Denevan

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Publications

35

Citations

4.6K

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29

Active since

1963

Affiliations

University of Wisconsin–Madison(Current)

University of California, Berkeley

William M. Denevan is an author at University of Wisconsin–Madison specializing in social sciences, anthropology, and historical geography.

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Social SciencesAnthropologyHistorical GeographyGeographyEnvironmental HistoryArchaeologyIndigenous HistoryEngineeringIndigenous PeoplesLatin American History

Publications per year

1963–2016

35

Publications

35

The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492

William M. Denevan · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 1992 · 1.4K citations

Historical Geography, Latin American Archaeology, Colonialism +17

A Bluff Model of Riverine Settlement in Prehistoric Amazonia

William M. Denevan · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 1996 · 286 citations

Historical Geography, Engineering, Geomorphology +17

Adaptive Responses of Native Amazonians

William M. Denevan, Raymond Hames, William T. Vickers · Economic Geography · 1984 · 240 citations

Engineering, Native Amazonians, Wildlife Ecology +4

Life, Land and Water in Ancient Peru.

William M. Denevan, Paul Kosok · Hispanic American Historical Review · 1966 · 196 citations

Historical Geography, Latin American Archaeology, Ancient Peru +6

Swidden-Fallow Agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon

Martha A. Works, William M. Denevan, Christine Padoch · Geographical Review · 1989 · 188 citations

Biodiversity, Agroecology, Peruvian Amazon +3

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