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Conhecendo os Caminhos ou trilhas dos geoglifos pré-colombianos sul Amazônicos

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Amazonian archeology has experienced a new reality with the discovery of geoglyphs or earth structures delimited by ditches. Geoglyphs, as they are called, are characterized as archaeological structures built by continuous trenches forming enclosures of different geometric shapes of various sizes (200m). In these structures there are paths or tracks that begin in the structure itself and are directed in several directions. Given the complexity of these structures and their paths, considering the different studies already published in this region, it can be said that these archaeological structures indicate the existence of an expressive population, organized regionally and that lived for hundreds of years in a habitat that previously was considered an inhospitable region for large populations.