title: Response to comment by McMichael, Piperno and Bush.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Av. André Araújo, 2936 - Petrópolis, 69067-375 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil cclement@inpa.gov.br.
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-1029
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Denevan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Heckenberger
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Av. André Araújo, 2936 - Petrópolis, 69067-375 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: André Braga
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3681-1705
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Junqueira
authors.affiliation: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-070, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo G
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2830-2735
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Solos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Wenceslau G
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-1909
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: William I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D001106:Archaeology; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans