William M. Denevan

16 October 1931

**William Maxfield Denevan** (16 October 1931-) William M. Denevan is professor emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a prominent member of the Berkeley School of Latin Americanist Geography. *Bill* was born 16 October 1931 and grew up in San Diego, California. He later began studies at Long Beach City College and transferred to the University of California, Berkeley where he studied under professors like Sauer, Leighly, Kesseli, Parsons, and Rostlund, and obtained his bachelor's degree in 1953. After a stint in the US Navy and timeout exploring Mexico and Sou

• Cultivated landscapes of native Amazonia and the Andes
• Cultivated landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes
• Hispanic lands and peoples
• A bibliography of Latin American historical geography
• La geografía cultural aborigen de los Llanos de Mojos
• Pre-Hispanic agricultural fields in the Andean Region
• The aboriginal cultural geography of the Llanos de Mojos of Bolivia
• The aboriginal settlement of the Llanos de Nojos
• The upland pine forests of Nicaragua