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Multi-periodSite Name: Acre GeoglyphsCountry: Brazil
NOTE: This site is 508.906 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Rio Branco
Latitude: 8.75S Longitude: 67.4W
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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Hundreds of Geometric Earthworks, some only roughly circular or square, others very regular, are being found in western Brazil along the Acre River nears is outflow into the Purus River. The figures are continuing to be revealed as forest has been cleared for modern agriculture and other development.
The earthworks are formed by ditches up to 30 yards wide and 1-2 yards deep. They range from 100 to 300 yards in diameter and are thought to date from around 2000 years ago up to the 13th century. Some of the figures are associated with pre-contact village sites and plots of 'Indian Earth'. Other figures appear to be independent of settlements and may be ceremonial in nature.
This site listing will serve as a repository for general news stories and studies of these earthworks.
Other specific site listings will locate individual earthworks over time.
The location given represents the flow of the Acre into the Purus, and does not locate a specific earthwork.
A list of scholarly sources:
"Pre-Columbian geometric earthworks in the upper Purus: a complex society in western Amazonia", by Parssinen, Schaan, and Ranzi, Antiquity 83 (2009): 1084-1095.
"Visualization and Movement as Configurations of Human–Nonhuman Engagements: Precolonial Geometric Earthwork Landscapes of the Upper Purus, Brazil", by Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Sanna Saunaluoma, American Anthropologist, doi:10.1111/aman.12923, (2017)
Note: James Q Jacobs has been in touch with details of his web site containing videos and Google Earth downloads of many hundreds of geoglyphs in Bolivia and across the border in Brazil. See the latest comments on our page for details.
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