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Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Nina H. Witteveen
University of Amsterdam
2
Marcus Vinícius Chamon Schmidt
Abcam (United States)
3
Mário Muniz Tagliari
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
4
Majoi N. Nascimento
University of Amsterdam
5
Katyanne Viana da Conceição
Universidade do Estado do Pará
6
Ana C. Rorato
Universidade Federal do Paraná
7
Vinícius Peripato
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
8
Marcela Eduarda Della Libera
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
9
Qian Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse
10
Pedro H. A. Sena
Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste

Rising Stars Papers

1
Indigenous and colonial influences on Amazonian forests
Plants People Planet|2024
12 cit.
2
Pre‐contact and post‐colonial ecological legacies shape Surinamese rainforests
Ecology|2024
9 cit.
3
Quantifying past forest cover and biomass changes in the Ecuadorian Amazon
New Phytologist|2024
7 cit.
4
Quantifying local-scale changes in Amazonian forest cover using phytoliths
Frontiers of Biogeography|2024
5 cit.
5
Enhancing quality of dried <i>Agaricus bisporus</i> : Advanced techniques in vacuum impregnation and freeze-drying
Drying Technology|2025
3 cit.
6
Speleothem-based reconstruction of Holocene changes in monsoonal patterns and environmental conditions in Central Brazil
Global and Planetary Change|2025
1 cit.
7
Paisagens epidemiológicas na Amazônia: explorando a associação entre uso da terra, indicadores ambientais e doenças vetoriais
Cadernos de Saúde Pública|2025
0 cit.
8
Epidemiological landscapes in the Amazon: exploring the association between land use, environmental indicators, and vector-borne diseases
Cadernos de Saúde Pública|2025
0 cit.
9
A minimum viable reactor for pyrolysis in wood-burning stoves: Bamboo biochar as a potential social alternative in Brazil for domestic fertilizer production and carbon sequestration
Advances in Bamboo Science|2025
0 cit.
10
Campos de Altitude estão desaparecendo no Sul do Brasil, até mesmo dentro de áreas protegidas
Unknown Journal|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Guilherme G. Mazzochini
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
2
Josephine Handley
University of Cambridge
3
Manuel Arroyo‐Kalin
University College of Osteopathy
4
Karen Mustin
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
5
Americanist Geographers
Unknown
6
Carolina Levis
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
7
Colin Doyle
The University of Texas at Austin
8
Andreas Kneip
Demos
9
Jeison L. Chaparro-Cárdenas
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
10
Benjamin C. Miltner
McGill University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Indigenizing conservation science for a sustainable Amazon
Science|2024
33 cit.
2
Effects of grass functional diversity on invasion success by exotic grasses in Cerrado grasslands
Journal of Applied Ecology|2023
15 cit.
3
Advances in remote sensing of the early Anthropocene in tropical wetlands: From biplanes to lidar and machine learning
Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment|2022
13 cit.
4
The relative importance of forest cover and patch-level drivers for phyllostomid bat communities in the Amazonian Savannas
Landscape Ecology|2022
11 cit.
5
Pre-Hispanic terrace agricultural practices and long-distance transfer of plant taxa in the southern-central Peruvian Andes revealed by phytolith and pollen analysis
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany|2023
7 cit.
6
Spectral asynchrony as a measure of ecosystem response diversity
Global Change Biology|2024
6 cit.
7
Urban green space exposure is low and unequally distributed in an Amazonian metropolis
Environmental Conservation|2024
3 cit.
8
Amazonian savannas are an integral part of Brazil’s Amazon “biome”: implications for environmental policies
Discover Conservation|2025
3 cit.
9
Identifying the Ceramics of Multiethnic Communities in Lowland South America: Reconstructing Technical Traditions in the Precolonial Middle Orinoco River Region (1000–1500 CE)
Ethnoarchaeology|2025
1 cit.
10
Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research on Sugarcane Production and Its Effects on Biodiversity: Trends, Critical Points, and Knowledge Gaps
Conservation|2025
1 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Eduardo Góes Neves
Universidade de São Paulo
2
Wolfgang Zech
University of Bayreuth
3
Johannes Lehmann
Cornell University
4
Bruno Glaser
Luther University
5
Rebecca Ostertag
University of Hawaii at Hilo
6
José Iriarte
University of Exeter
7
Charles R. Clément
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
8
Alan K. Knapp
Colorado State University
9
Prudencio Chacón
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados
10
Timothy J. Killeen
Met Office

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The contentious nature of soil organic matter
Nature|2015
4.3k cit.
2
A handful of carbon
Nature|2007
2.4k cit.
3
Black Carbon Increases Cation Exchange Capacity in Soils
Soil Science Society of America Journal|2006
2.2k cit.
4
Nutrient availability and leaching in an archaeological Anthrosol and a Ferralsol of the Central Amazon basin: fertilizer, manure and charcoal amendments
Plant and Soil|2003
1.9k cit.
5
Neotropical secondary forest succession: changes in structural and functional characteristics
Forest Ecology and Management|2001
1.4k cit.
6
Maize yield and nutrition during 4 years after biochar application to a Colombian savanna oxisol
Plant and Soil|2010
1.4k cit.
7
Long term effects of manure, charcoal and mineral fertilization on crop production and fertility on a highly weathered Central Amazonian upland soil
Plant and Soil|2007
1.3k cit.
8
Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems
BioScience|2008
1.2k cit.
9
The Importance of Land-Use Legacies to Ecology and Conservation
BioScience|2003
1.2k cit.
10
Life Cycle Assessment of Biochar Systems: Estimating the Energetic, Economic, and Climate Change Potential
Environmental Science & Technology|2009
1.2k cit.

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