In Nomads of the Longbow Holmberg states "the people and the land have no real history." they had "existed almost without change in a landscape unmarked by their presence.' As this statement is false not only because in the book 1491: New Revelations of The Americas Before Columbus shows that there are geologists who believe these landscapes in Beni were made and formed "with the remains of an unknown civilization." Yes they were unknown but this adds to how Holmberg was indeed wrong. Including William Devevan a(n) geographer who examined these landscapes from above he said “It’s a completely humanized landscape." Now if these nomads/Indians really had no history why would there be these landscapes? Following these assumptions that Indians back then said to have “had no real history” there were the Mayas. The Mayas created calendars and these temples of great construction as seen on page 305 of the book 1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus. The Mayas disappeared yes because they over used their resources and began to die out. Which disagrees with Holmberg’s statement (or) idea, the Mayas did cut down a lot of the trees and did indeed build temples and villas. (281) As it also explains how “The Olmec, Maya, and other Mesoamerican …show more content…
This method was not only used to help the people it was also used to preserve the land in a way. The Amazonians were forced to use this method because the constant “El Nino” climate swings that would cause severe droughts and forest fires, causing resources to plummet. In doing so the “slash-and-burn” did alter the land for both the people and the resources being