Verified9.8000° S · 67.5000° W · 200 m
Acre Geoglyphs (Geoglifos do Acre)
Western Amazon Geoglyphs
Pre-Columbian 1–1500 CE·Acre / Xinguano tradition·🇧🇷 Acre & Rondônia, Amazon Basin, Brazil
About
About Acre Geoglyphs (Geoglifos do Acre)
Hundreds of large ditched enclosures (squares, circles, U-shapes) revealed since 1977 by deforestation, built by pre-Columbian Amazonian cultures using forest clearance, dated 1–1500 CE, associated with Kuhikugu Xinguano.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 400–1500 CE (OSL and C14)
- Period
- Pre-Columbian 1–1500 CE
- Culture
- Acre / Xinguano tradition
- Purpose
- Ceremonial plazas, villages, astronomical
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
400–1500 CE (OSL and C14)
Initial construction
c. 1408 CE
Rediscovery
Location
Where it is
9.8000° S · 67.5000° W · 200 m
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