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, Berenguer, E, Ferreira, J, Mostacedo, B, do Amaral, DD, Castellanos, H, de Medeiros, MB, Andrade, A, Camargo, JL, Farias, EDS, Magalhães, JLL, Mendonça Nascimento, HE, de Queiroz, HL, Brienen, R, Cardenas Revilla, JD, Stevenson, PR, Araujo-Murakami, A, Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, B, Feitosa, YO, Barbosa, FR, Carpanedo, RDS, Duivenvoorden, JF, de Noronha, JDC, Rodrigues, DDJ, Mogollón, HF, Ferreira, LV, Householder, JE, Lozada, JR, Comiskey, JA, Draper, FC, de Toledo, JJ, Damasco, G, Dávila, N, García-Villacorta, R, Lopes, A, Cornejo Valverde, F, Alonso, A, Dallmeier, F, Gomes, VHF, Jimenez, EM, Neill, D, Peñuela Mora, MC, de Aguiar, DPP, Arroyo, L, Antunes Carvalho, F, Coelho de Souza, F, Feeley, KJ, Gribel, R, Pansonato, MP, Ríos Paredes, M, Brasil da Silva, I, Ferreira, MJ, Fine, PVA, Fonty, É, Guedes, MC, Licona, JC, Pennington, T, Peres, CA, Villa Zegarra, BE, Parada, GA, Pardo Molina, G, Vos, VA, Cerón, C, Maas, P, Silveira, M, Stropp, J, Thomas, R, Baker, TR, Daly, D, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I, Vieira, ICG, Weiss Albuquerque, B, Fuentes, A, Klitgaard, B, Marcelo-Peña, JL, Silman, MR, Tello, JS, Vriesendorp, C, Chave, J, Di Fiore, A, Hilário, RR, Phillips, JF, Rivas-Torres, G, von Hildebrand, P, Pereira, LDO, Barbosa, EM, de Matos Bonates, LC, Doza, HPD, Zárate Gómez, R, Gallardo Gonzales, GP, Gonzales, T, Malhi, Y, de Andrade Miranda, IP, Mozombite Pinto, LF, Prieto, A, Rudas, A, Ruschel, AR, Silva, N, Vela, CIA, Zent, EL, Zent, S, Cano, A, Carrero Márquez, YA, Correa, DF, Costa, JBP, Galbraith, D, Holmgren, M, Kalamandeen, M, Lobo, G, Nascimento, MT, Oliveira, AA, Ramirez-Angulo, H, Rocha, M, Scudeller, VV, Sierra, R, Tirado, M, van der Heijden, G, Vilanova Torre, E, Ahuite Reategui, MA, Baider, C, Balslev, H, Cárdenas, S, Casas, LF, Farfan-Rios, W, Ferreira, C, Linares-Palomino, R, Mendoza, C, Mesones, I, Urrego Giraldo, LE, Villarroel, D, Zagt, R, Alexiades, MN, de Oliveira, EA, Garcia-Cabrera, K, Hernandez, L, Palacios Cuenca, W, Pansini, S, Pauletto, D, Ramirez Arevalo, F, Sampaio, AF, Valenzuela Gamarra, L & Aragão, LEOC 2023, '
More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia',
Science, vol. 382, no. 6666, pp. 103-109.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade2541APA
Peripato, V., Levis, C., Moreira, G. A., Gamerman, D., Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C. A., de Souza, J. G., Iriarte, J., Robinson, M., Junqueira, A. B., Trindade, T. B., de Almeida, F. O., Moraes, C. D. P., Lombardo, U., Tamanaha, E. K., Maezumi, S. Y., Ometto, J. P. H. B., Braga, J. R. G., Campanharo, W. A., ... Aragão, L. E. O. C. (2023).
More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia.
Science,
382(6666), 103-109.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade2541Vancouver
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title = "More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia",
abstract = "Indigenous societies are known to have occupied the Amazon basin for more than 12,000 years, but the scale of their influence on Amazonian forests remains uncertain. We report the discovery, using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) information from across the basin, of 24 previously undetected pre-Columbian earthworks beneath the forest canopy. Modeled distribution and abundance of large-scale archaeological sites across Amazonia suggest that between 10,272 and 23,648 sites remain to be discovered and that most will be found in the southwest. We also identified 53 domesticated tree species significantly associated with earthwork occurrence probability, likely suggesting past management practices. Closed-canopy forests across Amazonia are likely to contain thousands of undiscovered archaeological sites around which pre-Columbian societies actively modified forests, a discovery that opens opportunities for better understanding the magnitude of ancient human influence on Amazonia and its current state.",
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{Rafael L} and Jean-Fran{\c c}ois Molino and Micka{\"e}l Mestre and Michelle Hamblin and Coelho, {Luiz de Souza} and {Lima Filho}, {Diogenes de Andrade} and Florian Wittmann and Salom{\~a}o, {Rafael P} and Amaral, {I{\^e}da Le{\~a}o} and Guevara, {Juan Ernesto} and {de Almeida Matos}, {Francisca Dion{\'i}zia} and Castilho, {Carolina V} and Carim, {Marcelo de Jesus Veiga} and {C{\'a}rdenas L{\'o}pez}, Dairon and Daniel Sabatier and Irume, {Mariana Vict{\'o}ria} and Martins, {Maria Pires} and Guimar{\~a}es, {Jos{\'e} Renan da Silva} and B{\'a}nki, {Olaf S} and Piedade, {Maria Teresa Fernandez} and Ramos, {Jos{\'e} Ferreira} and Luize, {Bruno Garcia} and Novo, {Evlyn M{\'a}rcia Moraes de Le{\~a}o} and {N{\'u}{\~n}ez Vargas}, Percy and Silva, {Thiago Sanna Freire} and Venticinque, {Eduardo Martins} and Manzatto, {Angelo Gilberto} and Reis, {Neidiane Farias Costa} and John Terborgh and Casula, {Katia Regina} and Demarchi, {Layon O} and {Honorio Coronado}, {Euridice N} and {Monteagudo Mendoza}, Abel and Montero, {Juan Carlos} and Jochen Sch{\"o}ngart and Feldpausch, {Ted R} and Quaresma, {Adriano Costa} and {Aymard C}, {Gerardo A} and Chris Baraloto and {Casta{\~n}o Arboleda}, Nicol{\'a}s and Julien Engel and Pascal Petronelli and Zartman, {Charles Eugene} and Killeen, {Timothy J} and Marimon, {Beatriz S} and Marimon-Junior, {Ben Hur} and Juliana Schietti and Sousa, {Thaiane R} and Rodolfo Vasquez and Rinc{\'o}n, {Lorena M} and Erika Berenguer and Joice Ferreira and Bonifacio Mostacedo and {do Amaral}, {D{\'a}rio Dantas} and Hern{\'a}n Castellanos and {de Medeiros}, {Marcelo Brilhante} and Ana Andrade and Camargo, {Jos{\'e} Lu{\'i}s} and Farias, {Emanuelle de Sousa} and Magalh{\~a}es, {Jos{\'e} Leonardo Lima} and {Mendon{\c c}a Nascimento}, {Henrique Eduardo} and {de Queiroz}, {Helder Lima} and Roel Brienen and {Cardenas Revilla}, {Juan David} and Stevenson, {Pablo R} and Alejandro Araujo-Murakami and {Bar{\c c}ante Ladvocat Cintra}, Bruno and Feitosa, {Yuri Oliveira} and Barbosa, {Fl{\'a}via Rodrigues} and Carpanedo, {Rainiellen de S{\'a}} and Duivenvoorden, {Joost F} and {de Noronha}, {Jana{\'i}na da Costa} and Rodrigues, {Domingos de Jesus} and Mogoll{\'o}n, {Hugo F} and Ferreira, {Leandro Valle} and Householder, {John Ethan} and Lozada, {Jos{\'e} Rafael} and Comiskey, {James A} and Draper, {Freddie C} and {de Toledo}, {Jos{\'e} Julio} and Gabriel Damasco and N{\'a}llarett D{\'a}vila and Roosevelt Garc{\'i}a-Villacorta and Aline Lopes and {Cornejo Valverde}, Fernando and Alfonso Alonso and Francisco Dallmeier and Gomes, {Vitor H F} and Jimenez, {Eliana M} and David Neill and {Pe{\~n}uela Mora}, {Maria Cristina} and {de Aguiar}, {Daniel P P} and Luzmila Arroyo and {Antunes Carvalho}, Fernanda and {Coelho de Souza}, Fernanda and Feeley, {Kenneth J} and Rogerio Gribel and Pansonato, {Marcelo Petratti} and {R{\'i}os Paredes}, Marcos and {Brasil da Silva}, Izaias and Ferreira, {Maria Julia} and Fine, {Paul V A} and {\'E}mile Fonty and Guedes, {Marcelino Carneiro} and Licona, {Juan Carlos} and Toby Pennington and Peres, {Carlos A} and {Villa Zegarra}, {Boris Eduardo} and Parada, {Germaine Alexander} and {Pardo Molina}, Guido and Vos, {Vincent Antoine} and Carlos Cer{\'o}n and Paul Maas and Marcos Silveira and Juliana Stropp and Raquel Thomas and Baker, {Tim R} and Doug Daly and Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco and Vieira, {Ima C{\'e}lia Guimar{\~a}es} and {Weiss Albuquerque}, Bianca and Alfredo Fuentes and Bente Klitgaard and Marcelo-Pe{\~n}a, {Jos{\'e} Luis} and Silman, {Miles R} and Tello, {J Sebasti{\'a}n} and Corine Vriesendorp and Jerome Chave and {Di Fiore}, Anthony and Hil{\'a}rio, {Renato Richard} and Phillips, {Juan Fernando} and Gonzalo Rivas-Torres and {von Hildebrand}, Patricio and Pereira, {Luciana de Oliveira} and Barbosa, {Edelcilio Marques} and {de Matos Bonates}, {Luiz Carlos} and Doza, {Hilda Paulette D{\'a}vila} and {Z{\'a}rate G{\'o}mez}, Ricardo and {Gallardo Gonzales}, {George Pepe} and Therany Gonzales and Yadvinder Malhi and {de Andrade Miranda}, {Ires Paula} and {Mozombite Pinto}, {Linder Felipe} and Adriana Prieto and Agust{\'i}n Rudas and Ruschel, {Ademir R} and Natalino Silva and Vela, {C{\'e}sar I A} and Zent, {Egle{\'e} L} and Stanford Zent and Angela Cano and {Carrero M{\'a}rquez}, {Yrma Andreina} and Correa, {Diego F} and Costa, {Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa} and David Galbraith and Milena Holmgren and Michelle Kalamandeen and Guilherme Lobo and Nascimento, {Marcelo Trindade} and Oliveira, {Alexandre A} and Hirma Ramirez-Angulo and Maira Rocha and Scudeller, {Veridiana Vizoni} and Rodrigo Sierra and Milton Tirado and {van der Heijden}, Geertje and {Vilanova Torre}, Emilio and {Ahuite Reategui}, {Manuel Augusto} and Cl{\'a}udia Baider and Henrik Balslev and Sasha C{\'a}rdenas and Casas, {Luisa Fernanda} and William Farfan-Rios and Cid Ferreira and Reynaldo Linares-Palomino and Casimiro Mendoza and Italo Mesones and {Urrego Giraldo}, {Ligia Estela} and Daniel Villarroel 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doi = "10.1126/science.ade2541",
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journal = "Science",
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AU - Flores, Bernardo Monteiro
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AU - Henkel, Terry W
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AU - Magnusson, William E
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AU - Lopes, Maria Aparecida
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N2 - Indigenous societies are known to have occupied the Amazon basin for more than 12,000 years, but the scale of their influence on Amazonian forests remains uncertain. We report the discovery, using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) information from across the basin, of 24 previously undetected pre-Columbian earthworks beneath the forest canopy. Modeled distribution and abundance of large-scale archaeological sites across Amazonia suggest that between 10,272 and 23,648 sites remain to be discovered and that most will be found in the southwest. We also identified 53 domesticated tree species significantly associated with earthwork occurrence probability, likely suggesting past management practices. Closed-canopy forests across Amazonia are likely to contain thousands of undiscovered archaeological sites around which pre-Columbian societies actively modified forests, a discovery that opens opportunities for better understanding the magnitude of ancient human influence on Amazonia and its current state.
AB - Indigenous societies are known to have occupied the Amazon basin for more than 12,000 years, but the scale of their influence on Amazonian forests remains uncertain. We report the discovery, using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) information from across the basin, of 24 previously undetected pre-Columbian earthworks beneath the forest canopy. Modeled distribution and abundance of large-scale archaeological sites across Amazonia suggest that between 10,272 and 23,648 sites remain to be discovered and that most will be found in the southwest. We also identified 53 domesticated tree species significantly associated with earthwork occurrence probability, likely suggesting past management practices. Closed-canopy forests across Amazonia are likely to contain thousands of undiscovered archaeological sites around which pre-Columbian societies actively modified forests, a discovery that opens opportunities for better understanding the magnitude of ancient human influence on Amazonia and its current state.
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DO - 10.1126/science.ade2541
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JO - Science
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SN - 0036-8075
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