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The Uncertain Future of Ancient Geoglyphs
"... one archeologist is fighting to protect ancient sites from Brazil’s seemingly unstoppable agribusiness industry ...."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-09-25/the-uncertain-future-of-ancient-geoglyphs
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The Uncertain Future of Ancient Geoglyphs

In the southwestern Amazon, one archeologist is fighting to protect ancient sites from Brazil’s seemingly unstoppable agribusiness industry, now worth $524 billion. Farmers view the land as a cash cow, and the area’s historic geometric earth carvings –known as geoglyphs– are in the way. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Fazendeiros destroem antiga civilzação na Amazônia
Geoglifos e sítios arqueológicos antigos estão sendo destruídos por fazendeiros brasileiros que cultivam soja, milho e açúcar na Bacia Amazônica.
O Iphan enfrenta a imparável expansão da indústria agrícola — e um patrimônio da humanidade está em jogo.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-brasil-desmatamento-amazonia-civilizacao-antiga/
Fazendeiros destroem antiga civilização na Amazônia

O Iphan enfrenta a imparável expansão da indústria agrícola — e um patrimônio da humanidade está em jogo.

Bloomberg.com
Oct. '24
Documenting the Geoglyphs of Amazonia
Dr. Robert Walker
https://www.archaeological.org/documenting-the-geoglyphs-of-amazonia/
"... Now, over 1,300 geoglyphs and other ditched enclosures have been detected in satellite imagery, hundreds of which we were able to ground-truth and photograph with drone aerial imagery. ...."
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