Terra preta (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtɛʁɐ ˈpɾetɐ], literally "black soil" in Portuguese) is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil (anthrosol)...

land, empty or desolate land Terra preta ("black earth"), very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin Terra, Cyprus, a village in the...

(2002) ("These so called Terra Preta do Indio (Terra Preta) characterize the settlements of pre-Columbian Indios. In Terra Preta soils large amounts of...

 219–220 "These so-called Terra Preta do Indio (Terra Preta) characterize the settlements of pre-Columbian Indios. In Terra Preta soils large amounts of...

the area adopted methods of large-scale agriculture through the use of terra preta, which would support complex chiefdoms. Studies suggest that the civilization...

grazing is done, using organic mulch or compost, working with biochar and terra preta, and changing the crop types. Methods used in forestry include reforestation...

from drained swampland Vertisol, dark cracking soils with a high clay Terra preta, "black earth" or soil of the Amazon river basin Black Earth (disambiguation)...

Paracas Candelabra, Viracocha 4 Chapter IV Sacsayhuamán, Viracocha, terra preta, Temple of the Moon 5 Chapter V Native American mounds, Pueblo Bonito...

substantial quantities of charcoal, of an anthropogenic origin, is called terra preta. In Amazonia it testifies for the agronomic knowledge of past Amerindian...

least 11,000 years through practices such as forest gardening and terra preta. Terra preta is found over large areas in the Amazon forest; and is now widely...