<< Text Pages >> Santarém Settlements - Ancient Village or Settlement in Brazil
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Multi-periodSite Name: Santarém SettlementsCountry: Brazil
NOTE: This site is 233.695 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 2.43S Longitude: 54.72W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Brazil.The remains of approximately 90 pre-Columbian settlements in the area south of Santarém on the Amazon River. The most striking physical features include large round excavated depressions (which may be storage ponds) and plots of enhanced fertile soil.
The location given in for the town of Santarém, and not one of the ancient sites.
Note: Swedish-Brazilian research team made important new discoveries concerning pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon. See Comment.
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