Helicopter leader scans reveal the ancient Amazonian “cosmos” of circular colonies, connected by direct routes.
Acre is an Amazon rainfed state in northwestern Brazil known for its Brazil almond trees and rubber production. To the west, on the Peruvian border, the Serra du Diviser National Park overlooks mountains and some waterfalls, and to the southeast is the state capital, Rio Branco, on the banks of the Acre River.
Leader scanning experts from the University of Exeter in England have flown high-resolution sensing devices over a rainstorm camp in the southern state of Acre. They not only identified 35 circular villages from 1300–1700 AD, but all the settlements are connected by an old straight track network.
Leader Brazilian Rainforest Scanning. ( University of Exeter )
Identifying the Lost Amazon Cosmos
The full findings of the Leader study were published Journal of Computer Applications in Archeology And he says the Amazonians built these settlements about 700 years ago. The deforestation in the Acre State and previous archaeological excavations revealed the presence of large earthquakes and circular mound villages, but helicopter-mounted scanning devices were not previously configured. Now that it is, however, the new study details how the villages are centered around a series of mounds with roads circling them.
New findings suggest that the ancient Amazonian people “maintained high-defined social and architectural patterns for how they organized their communities.” Furthermore, the overall circular pattern “may be a reflection of how the ancient Americans perceived space as a circular, stellar constellation revolving around the Earth.” Can represent. “
Geographic Annex off. a. Dois Circulos. B. Jacko Sa. C. Chikinho. ( University of Exeter; Eriarte, J, et al. 2020 )
Ancient network charting
Each settlement in the Amazonian universe has a central mound, 40-1515 meters (131-502 ft.) In diameter, bounded by a central plaza of approximately 0.12-1.8 hectares (0.3-4.4 acres). ) In size. The hill of each village is connected to the banks of the banks by straight, sunken roads, which extend beyond the central hills of all the villages. Also, in most of the villages a pair of wards and wide main roads are arranged in north and south directions.
Circular mounds in the Amazonian ‘Cosmos’ of settlements illustrate examples of villages, main roads and plaza area. a. Sol de Camilla. B. Soul de Equiri. ( University of Exeter; Eriarte, J, et al. 2020 )
Each settlement is connected to an extended landscape by more straight roads that also extend through the middle of the villages. Moreover, when we consider that some small groups of villages “show regular distances.” Then the complexity of this design matrix is multiplied by ten. So not only do their locations and configurations reflect global principals, but they are “2.5–3 km.” No adheres to carefully calculated measurements on the landscape. [1.6–1.9 miles] And 5-6 km. [3.1–3.7 miles] Between sites, ”according to the paper.
Putting this cosmos in context
Now that their preliminary study has been published, researchers hope to unveil even more villages hidden under the veil of rain, which according to the team is 950 A.D. Then something was created by a culture that emerged, “when a mono-earth with a large geometric pattern was abandoned. ”In context, this discovery may seem unique, but from the perspective of continents it is really“ just another ”example of an engineering landscape designed to reflect the masters of the universe. While these Amazons were laying the cosmos on their mounds and straight roads, there were also Inca rulers in Peru who built straight1. siki’i “ (Sequence Lines) emanated from the Corincha Temple of the Sun in the center of their capital, Cuzco.
These lines organize the surrounding “hookahs” (temples and sanctuaries) and form a complex and deeply deep religious spatial system that spreads throughout the Inca Empire, connecting major and minor settlements and holy sites. The lines combine geography, geometry, and astronomy with the social environment and represent as many as 328 hookahs (one for each day of the lunar year) celestial body, black nebula, star, or planet, and each sanctuary has a distinct social identity. Group.
It is too early for Brazilian archaeologists to suggest that the ancient managed landscape contained any of the features attributed to Peru’s six lines, but many of the roads aligned with the four main points of the compass must have been full of explorers. Expect what this network might represent, as much as how it can function socially.
Top image: Outline of two villages in the Amazon Cosmos of Brazil’s rainforests. Source: University of Exeter
By Ashley Covey
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