What was prehistoric society like in the area surrounding the Amazon River Basin? How do scholars learn about prehistoric cultures? What factors led to the capability of the European nations to dominate the New World civilizations?
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How are scholars capable to find out how early people with no written records lived?
What was the prehistoric society like around the Amazon?
What ensured European domination in the New World?
Explain how do you think a whole prehistoric group of people could simply disappear, like the people around the Marajo of the Amazon?
Please list any references or web sources.