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Archaeology of the Amazonian rubber boom (1850-1920) : historical archaeology in an emerging present /

This book uses changes in the material world to investigate the impact of the Amazonian rubber boom on global history and local communities. It contextualizes Sir Henry Wickham's extraction of 70,000 rubber seeds from Santarém in 1876 and the subsequent global spread of rubber production which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muniz, Tiago Silva Alves (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing, 2025.
Series:Contemporary and historical archaeology ; v. 12.
BAR international series ; 3213.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Brazil, North.
Material culture > Brazil, North.
Rubber industry and trade > Brazil, North > History.
Rubber industry and trade > Social aspects > Brazil, North.
Brazil, North > Antiquities.

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