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Multi-periodSite Name: HataharaCountry: Brazil
NOTE: This site is 433.814 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Manaus Nearest Village: Iranduba
Latitude: 3.261S Longitude: 60.142W
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 Hatahara, Amazonas.
Finds of settlement dated at AD400 to 900, including stone axes and other lithic finds, polychrome ceramics, with large quantities of broken ceramic used to build up soil banks. Hatahara is one of several village sites that have been found at modern, established farms.
The presence of terra preta (black earth) has attracted modern farms. Unlike typical Amazon forest soils that are highly acidic and fairly devoid of nutrients, terra preta is a rich mixture of charred plant refuse, bone, and in the case of Hatahara and other ancient sites, broken ceramics. The burned refuse is not the ash of swidden agriculture, but charcoal that has been stirred back into the soil.
Recent researchers have interpreted find like this one as evidence of long term settlements with large populations as opposed to multiple overlapping temporary settlements of relatively small numbers of people. The extremely hot and humid environment makes the preservation of anything other than stone and ceramics very rare, and the interpretation of sites like this one are still highly contentious.
The location given is approximate.
Note: See comment article about the properties of "Black Indian Earth," its evidence of past settlements in the Amazon and its potential for locking carbon into the soil, and the pitious death of a researcher promoting these ideas.
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