More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia

Indigenous societies are known to have occupied the Amazon basin for more than 12,000 years, but the scale of their influence on Amazonian forests remains uncertain. We report the discovery, using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) information from across the basin, of 24 previously undetected pre-...

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Главный автор: Peripato, Vinicius (author)
Другие авторы: Levis, Carolina (author), Moreira, Guido A (author), Gamerman, Dani (author), Steege, Hans Ter (author), Iriarte, José (author), Robinson, Mark (author), André, Braga Junqueira (author), Trindade, Thiago B (author), de Almeida, Fernando O (author), de Paula Moraes, Claide (author), Lombardo, Umberto (author), Tamanah, Eduardo K (author), Jean P H B Ometto (author), Braga, José R G (author), Campanharo, Wesley A (author), Cassol, Henrique L G (author), Peñuela Mora, María Cristina (author)
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Опубликовано: 2023
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de Paula Moraes, Claide
Lombardo, Umberto
Tamanah, Eduardo K
Jean P H B Ometto
Braga, José R G
Campanharo, Wesley A
Cassol, Henrique L G
Peñuela Mora, María Cristina
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Levis, Carolina
Moreira, Guido A
Gamerman, Dani
Steege, Hans Ter
Iriarte, José
Robinson, Mark
André, Braga Junqueira
Trindade, Thiago B
de Almeida, Fernando O
de Paula Moraes, Claide
Lombardo, Umberto
Tamanah, Eduardo K
Jean P H B Ometto
Braga, José R G
Campanharo, Wesley A
Cassol, Henrique L G
Peñuela Mora, María Cristina
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Levis, Carolina
Moreira, Guido A
Gamerman, Dani
Steege, Hans Ter
Iriarte, José
Robinson, Mark
André, Braga Junqueira
Trindade, Thiago B
de Almeida, Fernando O
de Paula Moraes, Claide
Lombardo, Umberto
Tamanah, Eduardo K
Jean P H B Ometto
Braga, José R G
Campanharo, Wesley A
Cassol, Henrique L G
Peñuela Mora, María Cristina
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Peripato, V., Levis, C., Moreira, G. A., Gamerman, D., Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C. A., de Souza, J. G., Iriarte, J., Robinson, M., Junqueira, A. B., Trindade, T. B., de Almeida, F. O., Moraes, C. P., Lombardo, U., Tamanaha, E. K., Maezumi, S. Y., Ometto, J. P. H. B., Braga, J. R. G., Campanharo, W. A., Cassol, H. L. G., … Aragão, L. E. O. C. (2023). More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia. Science (New York, N.Y.), 382(6666), 103–109. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade2541
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description Indigenous societies are known to have occupied the Amazon basin for more than 12,000 years, but the scale of their influence on Amazonian forests remains uncertain. We report the discovery, using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) information from across the basin, of 24 previously undetected pre-Columbian earthworks beneath the forest canopy. Modeled distribution and abundance of large-scale archaeological sites across Amazonia suggest that between 10,272 and 23,648 sites remain to be discovered and that most will be found in the southwest. We also identified 53 domesticated tree species significantly associated with earthwork occurrence probability, likely suggesting past management practices. Closed-canopy forests across Amazonia are likely to contain thousands of undiscovered archaeological sites around which pre-Columbian societies actively modified forests, a discovery that opens opportunities for better understanding the magnitude of ancient human influence on Amazonia and its current state.
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spellingShingle More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
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title More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
title_full More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
title_fullStr More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
title_full_unstemmed More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
title_short More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
title_sort More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
topic Earthworks
Amazonian
Columbian
url https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade2541
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