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Over 10,000 Earthworks Could Be Hidden in the Amazon
Publicado em 09 outubro 2023
The Amazon basin could potentially hold 10,000 to 24,000 undiscovered ancient earthworks, according to a paper published last Thursday, October 5 in the journal Science. Using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology over the course of a five-year aerial survey, researchers discovered 24 previously unidentified pre-colonial structures and modeled the occurrence across the densely forested region to reach the new estimate.
For over 12,000 years, the Amazon region spanning 2.59 million [...]