In the Eye of the Anthropocene

Archaeological Emergence in the AMACRO region

Abstract

This essay examines how recent environmental impacts in the Amazon have exposed a range of archaeological evidence. Focusing on the region known as AMACRO, shaped by the expansion of the agricultural frontier, we analyze how the effects of the Anthropocene reveal that Indigenous trajectories were responsible for large-scale landscape transformations. These modifications, however, prioritized sociobiodiversity in cumulative ways, in contrast to predatory extractive practices. In this context, the resilience of Indigenous landscape management strategies stands out, as these practices remain visible today and are capable of offering creative responses and reconstructing alternative histories in the face of socio-environmental collapse.