A new study confirms the existence of the Aquiry civilization in the Amazon, which in the first centuries after Christ counted between 1.25 and 3 million people and included thousands of urban structures, demonstrating a significant population in an area that was previously considered sparsely populated. (translated)
Research using LiDAR technology has revealed the existence of hundreds of unknown archaeological structures in the southwestern Amazon, indicating that it was once inhabited by an advanced Aquiry civilization, which may have had up to 3 million inhabitants and significantly influenced the region's landscape. (translated)
In the southwestern Amazon, the Aquiry civilization was discovered using LiDAR technology, which created 432 geoglyphs – remnants of an extensive network of communities existing from 600 BC to 850 AD, that altered the landscape and influenced the ecosystem of the region. (translated)
The new laser scanning has revealed that millions of people lived at the archaeological site of Fazenda Atlântica in Brazil's Acre state from 600 BC to 850 AD, belonging to the gigantic Aquiry culture, which established vast political and ritual centers. (translated)
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a lost civilization called Aquiry, which existed between 600 BC and 850 AD in the Amazon, estimating a population of 1.25-3 million people and profoundly changing the region's ecosystem by using lidar mapping technology to reveal monumental structures and roads hidden under dense vegetation. (translated)
Over 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia — Most of the earthworks are associated with the civilization that built ditched geometric enclosures (geoglyphs), forming a multicultural complex society designated here as the Aquiry https://t.co/xmbMlvjVYc #Amazonia #Geoglyphs #Aquiry #BR #PE
Studies by scientists from Finland and Brazil, using lidar mounted on airplanes, revealed that millions of people lived in Southwestern Amazon in the first millennium, proving that the region was not only sparsely populated but also had advanced agricultural activities and diverse human-made landscapes, with over 400 geoglyphs found, indicating a complex social structure and intensive land cultivation. (translated)
In the Amazon region, thousands of years-old structures have been discovered using Lidar technology, indicating the existence of an unknown civilization known as the Aquiry, which spanned an area of approximately 183,000 km² and had up to three million inhabitants, thus changing the current view on settlement and the impact of humans on local ecosystems. (translated)
Research using laser scanning (lidar) has revealed the remains of the ancient civilization of Aquiry in the Amazon rainforest, which built between 24,000 and 30,000 earthen structures between 600 BC and 850 AD, and scientists remain fascinated by the mysterious reasons for its sudden disappearance. (translated)
