Unveiling the ancient amazon with LiDAR

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This sophisticated tool is piercing through the thick forest canopy, unveiling previously undiscovered ancient settlements and providing unprecedented insights into pre-Columbian urbanism. Its particularly beneficial for mapping and understanding complex ancient urban centres that are otherwise obscured, facilitating the study of the Amazons pre-Columbian civilizations without the need for disruptive and time-consuming ground surveys. The technology has identified 26 unique sites, including two large urban centres, Landívar and Cotoca, previously obscured by the forest canopy. These sites display sophisticated urban planning, featuring successive rings of moat and rampart fortifications, artificial terraces, and monumental architecture, such as conical pyramids over 70 feet tall. Another recent significant finding was also unlocked in the depth of the Amazon which shows an ancient city, concealed for a millennia in the Upano area of eastern Ecuador.

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