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Science news feature on the Upper Xingu collaboration (Heckenberger/Kuikuro), republished by the Pulitzer Center

Sofia Moutinho; Science / Pulitzer Center · 2024

AI-verified citationSRC-SCIENCE-XINGU-2024

url: https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/foundation-trust
verification note: science.org original is bot-walled; verified 2026-08-28 via the Pulitzer Center republication (Science bylines and graphic credits). Journalism, not a primary excavation report — dating statements are the feature's summary of the underlying published research.
reliability notes: Secondary source; the case uses it only for the settlement date range and layout-continuity description pending the primary reports.

Evidence drawn from this source

Supports· moderateAMZ-E019

what the source states: "Radiocarbon dating showed the settlements were inhabited from 500 C.E. to 1770 C.E. Like modern villages, the ancient cities were organized with pole-and-thatch huts around circular plazas, but they were more than 10 times larger." The team traced "a cluster of ancient cities that were laid out following the same structure of modern Kuikuro villages, but far larger."
limitations: Journalism summarizing the Heckenberger/Kuikuro research program; held at secondary-source weight pending the primary reports.