Posted on 08/28/2008 5:54:59 PM PDT by decimon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A vast region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to scientists assisted by satellite images of the region.
The scientists, whose findings were published on Thursday in the journal Science, described clusters of towns and smaller villages connected by complex road networks and housing a society doomed by the arrival of Europeans five centuries ago.
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The existence of the ancient settlements in the Upper Xingu region of the Amazon in north-central Brazil means what many experts had considered virgin tropical forests were in fact heavily affected by past human activity, the scientists said.
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There’s a topic or two about Anne, or perhaps Anna, Roosevelt et al and her work in the Amazon.
Thanks. Your pics are of the Bolivian ‘high plains’ and so not the same environment as the Brazilian Amazon basin, no? Still the Amazon basin but a different environment, I’d think.
Rock discovery causes excitement
BBC | Monday, 2 February, 2004, 12:01 GMT | Editorial Staff
Posted on 02/03/2004 5:57:13 AM PST by vannrox
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Human settlements far older than suspected discovered in South America
Discover V 23 N 5 | (May 2002) | John Dorfman
Posted on 04/21/2002 5:41:59 PM PDT by vannrox
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Rainforest Researchers Hit Paydirt
(Farming 11K Years Ago in South America)
University Of Vermont | 8-29-2002 | Lynda Majarian
Posted on 08/30/2002 10:11:59 AM PDT by blam
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An origin of new world agriculture in coastal Ecuador (12,000 BP)
Eureka | Public release date: 13-Feb-2003 | Dr. Dolores Piperno
Posted on 02/14/2003 1:34:27 PM PST by vannrox
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Ancient Amazon Settlements Uncovered
Science | Thu Sep 18 2003 | Paul Recer, AP Science Writer
Posted on 09/18/2003 7:38:01 PM PDT by aruanan
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Bird’s-Eye View Of The Amazon
(Airborne Archaeologist Challenges The Myth Of A Pristine Wilderness)
Penn Arts And Science | 5-30-2004 | Ted Mann
Posted on 05/30/2004 5:31:44 PM PDT by blam
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Calico: A 200,000-year Old Site In The Americas?
ASA On Line | unknown
Posted on 12/17/2001 2:22:22 PM PST by blam
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