Ancient Amazon civilization laid bare by felled forest
source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427383.800-ancient-amazon-civilisation-laid-bare-by-...
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"Signs of what could be a previously unknown ancient civilization are emerging from beneath the felled trees of the Amazon. Some 260 giant avenues, ditches and enclosures have been spotted from the air in a region straddling Brazil's border with Bolivia.
The traditional view is that before the arrival of the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th century there were no complex societies in the Amazon basin – in contrast to the Andes further west where the Incas built their cities. Now deforestation, increased air travel and satellite imagery are telling a different story."
One more excerpt:
" 'Every week we find new structures.' Some of them are square or rectangular, while others form concentric circles or complex geometric figures such as hexagons and octagons connected by avenues or roads. The researchers describe them all as geoglyphs."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427383.800-ancient-amazon-civilisation-l...
I want to scream: Hooray! but this is also very sad, we are discovering it by destroying our forests.
I wish deforestation could stop right this second and alternatives would be put in place.
The traditional view is that before the arrival of the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th century there were no complex societies in the Amazon basin – in contrast to the Andes further west where the Incas built their cities. Now deforestation, increased air travel and satellite imagery are telling a different story."
One more excerpt:
" 'Every week we find new structures.' Some of them are square or rectangular, while others form concentric circles or complex geometric figures such as hexagons and octagons connected by avenues or roads. The researchers describe them all as geoglyphs."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427383.800-ancient-amazon-civilisation-l...
I want to scream: Hooray! but this is also very sad, we are discovering it by destroying our forests.
I wish deforestation could stop right this second and alternatives would be put in place.
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mcwally
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was this one of them?
- 2 years ago
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mcwally
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pjacobs51
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Wow, that's pretty cool, except for the forest part of course.
Atlantis rising?
- 2 years ago
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pjacobs51
