These Ancient Findings Are In Jeopardy

[@TheHenryFilms]

I'm always happy when stories like this reach international media. But I'm also sad that they are ignored by our own.

[@jamesbell739]

Welcome to capitalism South America... Profits over everything....

[@Sacacasmeajudem]

Capitalismo tardío..

[@AlexKasper]

These earthworks may be the only things remaining of the local tribes that inhabited the area. The question is if these works were done at a time the Amazon was a densely packed forest/jungle, or it was different and since the disappearance of their makers, the jungle took over.

[@nottera]

It’s recorded by the first European settlers that the land was rich in food that could be collected by the forest. In reality the native people practiced silvicuture and selected better trees for food like cacao and they would collect fruits/seeds from the vegetation planted hundreds of years before without damaging the forest, just making genetic modifications. Some traditional groups still make this kind of selection nowadays

[@patersonfc]

3k years from now all will be left from us will be just marks on the floor...

[@megamanx466]

These "geoglyphs" need to be archeological sites instead of how they are. In the past, it's often foreign organizations or private individuals even that provided the funding to do so. These geoglyphs need that. 🤷‍♂

[@HairyPinkTroll]

0:44 I’m also a fan of Andrew Millison - are we sure those aren’t swales for the purpose of permaculture irrigation?

[@electrosyzygy]

I was thinking the same. Why do they think they're for ritual purpose when there seem to be thousands of them? Wouldn't that dilute the significance of these places? My bias would be that they were more practical, and permaculture is one of many possibilities!

[@Ape_Kaaguy]

Que legal!

[@gyan6388]

Interesting

[@lokesh303101]

Greenhouses and Vertical Farms are Better!

[@maxi918]

lol no

[@rsjeyt]

Why aren't they digging up these structures?

[@PedroFerreira-ze5yp]

lack of funding

[@AdamStudyingBigBrands1]

The Uncertain Future of These Ancient Amazonian Earthworks