James Q. Jacobs (Archaeo) from Tidewater, Oregon writes:
During recent survey activity of updated, hi-res images in Google earth, I see new placemarks of some of the 500 geoglyphs. For more extensive coverage, go to my website and download the KML.
I have not yet added the new survey results, but will update there in due time.
Hundreds of Geoglyphs Discovered in the Amazon
http://www.jqjacobs.net/archaeology/geoglyph.html
Naming is a problem in this area. As I discover new earthworks, I have to decide what to call them. One solution I'm using in Bolivia is downloading the topographic maps to find local naming of rivers, etc. Those are often Native names, which we should favor.
Calling an earthwork "Rio Branco Geoglyph 22" when it is far from Rio Branco, a town, and near Placido de Castro is wrong. I consider my naming tentative and realize some of the geoglyphs are locally named, even cited in scientific papers, just unknown to me. This aspect needs more work. Meanwhile, so much remains to survey and that has priority.
At the same time, I'm analyzing the geometry of landscape placement across the region and in relation to Andean and global monuments. To follow those developments, watch my ArchaeoBlog:
http://www.jqjacobs.net/blog/
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road