Investigating the physico-chemical properties of the terra preta of lowland Amazonia , including survey, excavation, and remote sensing

Cultural landscapes of the Neotropics, anthrosols, traditional agriculture

Glaser, Bruno, and William I. Woods, editors. 2004. Explorations in Amazonian Dark Earths . Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg .

Woods, William I. 2004. Anthropogenic Soils and Sustainability in Amazônia. In WorldMinds-Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems , edited by Donald G. Janelle, Barney Warf, and Kathy Hansen, pp. 287-293. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht . Lehmann, Johannes, Dirse C. Kern, Bruno Glaser, and William I. Woods, editors. 2003. Amazonian Dark Earths: Origin, Properties and Management . Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht .

Woods, William I. 2003. Soils and Sustainability in the Prehistoric New World . In Exploitation or Overexploitation in Societies Past and Present, edited by Brigitta Bensing and Bernd Herrmann, pp. 143-157. LIT Verlag, Münster.