Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: "So Much Water!" -- Beyond Nature and Culture -- Wetland Agriculture -- Historical Ecology of the Guiana -- Chapter 1. Indigenous Agricultural Savoir Faire -- South American Raised Fields -- Other Agricultural Techniques -- Pre-Columbian Earthworks -- Chapter 2. Humans and Environment: A Happy Marriage -- General Characteristics -- The Tepuies -- The Savannas of Central Guiana -- The Forest: "A Green Paradise" -- The Coast -- A Virgin Forest? -- Chapter 3. Terra Cognita: 10,000 Years of Human Impact -- The Initial Settlement -- Fisher-Gatherers -- Ceramists and Cultivators -- Farmers -- Then Came the White Men -- A Tale of Tapirs… -- Chapter 4. A Natural Garden or a Domesticated Forest? -- Raised Fields of Guiana -- A Landscape Sculpted by Humans -- Maize versus Manioc -- Pre-Columbian Demography -- Chapter 5. "500 Years of Solitude" -- The Last Indigenous Raised Fields -- Colonists and the Lowlands of Guiana -- Creole Agricultural Beds -- Agriculture in the Savannas Today -- Disappearance and Preservation of Raised Fields -- Conclusion: "East of Eden" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.