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Lidar Mapping Reveals Thousands of Hidden Earthworks and a Vast Aquiry Complex in the Southwestern Amazon

The canopy-penetrating survey suggests a dense, monument-building society and requires a major rethinking of Amazonian prehistory.

LiDAR Reveals Hundreds of Hidden Earthworks in Southwestern Amazon