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Multi-periodSite Name: Acre 'Geoglyphs' - Boca de AcreCountry: Brazil
NOTE: This site is 274.86 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Rio Branco Nearest Village: Boca de Acre
Latitude: 8.72051S Longitude: 67.17627W
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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Misc. Earthwork in Amazonas State.
A geometric earthwork made of a squares within ditches. Connecting ditches mark paths leading away from the square.
One of many Geometric Earthworks, some only roughly circular or square, others very regular, are being found in western Brazil along the Acre River. The figures have only recently been revealed as forest has been cleared for modern agriculture and other development.
For more, see Acre 'Geoglyphs' - Cruzeirinho. Reported in "Pre-Columbian geometric earthworks in the upper Purus: a complex society in western Amazonia", by Parssinen, Schaan, and Ranzi, Antiquity 83 (2009): 1084-1095.
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