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...

 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...

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

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...

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

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)...

anthropogenic soil of 'Terra preta', which might have been amongst the criteria for the selection of this site for the plantation. While Terra Preta soil patterns...

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...

T.; Buzie, C.; Pieplow, H.; Reckin, J.; Otterpohl, R. (May 2010). "Terra Preta sanitation: re-discovered from an ancient Amazonian civilisation – integrating...

over the centuries in enhancing certain soils, which are now known as terra preta (dark earth in Portuguese), or Amazon Dark Earths (ADEs). These soils...

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

Preta Maria Gadelha Gil Moreira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾetɐ maˈɾiɐ ɡaˈdeʎɐ ˈʒiw moˈɾejɾɐ]) (born 8 August 1974), known as Preta Gil (Portuguese...

This created dark soil areas known as terra preta de índio ("Indian dark earth"). Because of the terra preta, indigenous communities were able to make...

discovery of numerous geoglyphs dating from between 1 and 1250 AD, and terra preta resulting from indigenous activities. Some five million people may have...

soil Black earth, the English translation of the Portuguese terra preta, or terra prêta do índio, very dark soils found in the Amazon Basin Black Earth...

is a key component of the terra preta soils associated with ancient indigenous communities of the Amazon basin. Terra preta is much sought by local farmers...

manure, and buried in the soil to bring about the formation of terra preta. Terra preta is one of the richest soils on the planet – and the only one known...

have been important in the formation of the unusually fertile Amazonian terra preta do Indio.[page needed] However, recent work suggests that complex soil...

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...

ground-based exploration reveals this to be an effect of the anthrosol (cf. terra preta), known to the Kuikuro as egepe. Directly to the north of the X11 site...

fertility of anthropogenic pre-Columbian Amazonian Dark Earths, also called Terra Preta de Índio, due to interesting physical and chemical properties of soil...

amendment to the soil. Mixed with biomass it brings the creation of terra preta, one of the richest soils on the planet and the only one known to regenerate...

fertility are the Terra preta soils of central Amazonia, which are presumably human-made by pre-Columbian native populations. Terra preta soils have on average...

mostly carbon as a residue, which can be incorporated into soil to create terra preta. Dr Thomas B Reed and the Norwegian architect Paal Wendelbo independently...

agriculture uses nutrients in wood ash, but these expire within a few years. Terra preta, fertile tropical soils produced by adding charcoal. Land degradation...

global warming, acid rain, and the study of anthropogenic soils, such as terra preta. Much of the research done in environmental soil science is produced...

for more than 5,000 years. Additionally, substantial "black earth" (terra preta) deposits in several places along the Amazon are believed to be ancient...

Amazon basin, there are very extensive areas of dark soil, known as terra preta, enriched by small particles of soot, and these areas are much more fertile...

University Press. Terra preta web site. School of geosciences and geography (Universität Bayreuth). Retrieved on April 5, 2008, from "Terra Preta Homepage, Dark...