LIDAR Discovers Lost Ancient Cities Older Than Any Known Complex Amazonian Society
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – LIDAR has once again demonstrated its advantage when locating hidden ancient sites in the jungle. Light Detection and Ranging technology is indispensable to archaeologists who can rely on laser lasers to penetrate overlying vegetation and cover swaths of ground extremely faster than they could be studied on foot. Ecuador Amazon […]
Drought Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Rock Carvings In Brazil’s Amazon
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Remarkable ancient engravings that have been submerged for a long time are now visible again at a site known as Praia das Lajes in Brazil. The rock carvings are not usually visible because they are covered by the waters of the Negro River, whose flow recorded its lowest level in […]
Little Known History Of Amazon’s Ashaninka People Studied By Researchers
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Ashaninka are the most numerous Indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and Brazil where they inhabit a crucial area between the Andes and sources of the Amazon River. And yet, despite the size of the population and their importance in the past and present, their genetic history […]
Pre-Columbian People Of The Amazon Altered Their Landscape Thousands Of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study co-authored by University of Central Florida researchers shows that pre-Columbian people of a culturally diverse but not well-documented area of the Amazon in South America significantly altered their landscape thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of […]