A LiDAR survey of the Amazon just revealed a civilization ten times larger than expected: 24,000+ earthworks, up to 3 million people, and a forest reshaped by human hands for 1,500 years. #Archaeology #Amazon www.anthropology.net/p/a-civiliza...
A Civilization for Three Million People Left Almost No Trace Above GroundNew LiDAR surveys reveal that the Aquiry, a network of societies in southwestern Amazonia, built tens of thousands of monumental earthworks and shaped the rainforest for fifteen centurieswww.anthropology.net