Archeologists Uncover Huge Network Of Ancient Cities In Amazon Rainforest

[Judi Lynn]

2. Here's a different article: 3,000-Year-Old City Hidden In Amazon Rainforest Discovered

The research team said there were five major settlements in the area surveyed.

World NewsEdited by Amit ChaturvediUpdated: January 12, 2024 12:16 pm IST



A huge city hidden by the luxuriant vegetation of the Amazon rainforest has been discovered in Ecuador. According to the BBC, the houses and plazas in the ancient city in Upano valley were connected by a network of roads and canals. The area lies in the shadow of a volcano that created rich local soils, the outlet further said. The discovery was made using LiDAR, a popular remote sensing method that uses light to measure distances and is also known as laser scanning or 3D scanning.

"This is older than any other site we know in the Amazon. We have a Eurocentric view of civilisation, but this shows we have to change our idea about what is culture and civilisation," Prof Stephen Rostain, director of investigation at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France, who led the research, told the BBC.

"It changes the way we see Amazonian cultures. Most people picture small groups, probably naked, living in huts and clearing land - this shows ancient people lived in complicated urban societies," Antoine Dorison, a co-author of the study, said.

New Scientist said the city is between 3,000 and 1,500 years old - older than other pre-Columbian ones discovered in the Amazon. It also said that people lived there for up to 1,000 years.

Though the LiDAR survey was carried out in 2015, the results were published recently. It revealed more than 6,000 raised earthen platforms within an area of 300 square kilometres.

The report said these are where wooden buildings once stood and excavations have revealed post holes and fireplaces on these structures.

The research team said there were five major settlements in the area surveyed. Talking about the road network there, the survey revealed the longest one extends for at least 25 kilometres.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/3-000-year-old-city-hidden-in-amazon-rainforest-discovered-4847729


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This article refers to a later LIDAR viewing:

Lidar reveals lost cities in the Amazon
January 22, 2024 - By Jesse Khalil



A lidar map of the city of Kunguints in the Ecuadorian Amazon reveals ancient streets lined with houses. (Image: Antoine Dorison and Stephen Rostain)

Archeologists have discovered a vast and highly complex system of ancient cities dating back nearly 3,000 years in the Amazon rainforest. Complete with a complex network of farmland and roads, the discovery is the oldest and largest of its kind in the region.

Located in Ecuador’s Upano Valley, the structures lie in the eastern foothills of the Andes mountains, according to a study published in the journal Science. After more than 20 years of research, the ancient urban centers were only discovered when the Ecuadorean government employed lidar technology.

“I have explored the site many times, but lidar gave me another view of the land,” archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, lead author of the study and director of research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), told Live Science. “On foot, you have trees in the way, and it’s difficult to see what’s actually hidden there.”te

A team of researchers from France, Germany, Ecuador and Piuerto Rico conducted a lidar survey that covered roughly 300 km2. The survey revealed a landscape full of organized human activities, including more than 6,000 rectangular earthen platforms, as well as agricultural terraces and drainage systems.

More:
https://www.gpsworld.com/lidar-reveals-lost-cities-in-the-amazon/

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There will probably be recurring estimates made of the age of this place the "experts" will be publishing concerning this area they just "discovered" after never knowing it was there, since Europe raped, plundered, nearly emptied of occupants, and stole the "New World." Be sure there will be more coming ahead!