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The Emptied Amazon · claim AMZ-C063 · Observation rung · Earthworks and settlement systems

LiDAR analysis detected over 6,000 earthen platforms within a 300 km² area of the Upano Valley.

Not featured in the current editionAI-extractedorigin: report 2026-09-17-report-pre-columbian-amazon-134558

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[p. 6] via open-access author manuscript

“enabled the detection of over 6,000 platforms within the”

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