"Predicting the geographic distribution of ancient Amazonian archaeological sites with machine learning"
https://peerj.com/articles/15137/
#Amazon #Geoglyphs
Great to see this journal article in print, was fun providing some "GeoLocation data.

@CA7746 @ljwrites
A great NOVA episode, with little mention of the geometric #earthworks in Acre and adjoining areas. I hope they do an entire episode on what are called #Geoglifos in #Brazil. We have currently identified about 1,000 of the monumental structures, some quite massive.
Hundreds of #Geoglyphs Discovered in the #Amazon
http://jqjacobs.net/archaeology/geoglyph.html
#GoogleEarth #KML file: http://jqjacobs.net/amazon/amazon_geoglyphs.kml
#Archaeology #SouthAmerica

#ArchaeoBlog and #GoogleEarth #KML #Update http://www.jqjacobs.net/blog/
"Octagons KML" file now with more results, new images and formatting, opens in Google Earth, download: http://www.jqjacobs.net/kml/octagons.kml
#Amazon #Newark #Octagon #Earthworks #Acre #Geoglyphs #Archaeology #Geoglifos #Amazonia

More Than 100 New Designs Discovered In Peru’s Ancient Nazca Plain [Peru]
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/19/peru-nazca-plain-ancient-art-new-designs-discovered
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“More than 100 new designs discovered in and around Peru’s ancient Nazca plain and surrounding areas could bring new information to light about the mysterious pre-Columbian artworks that have intrigued scientists and visitors for decades.
Following two years of field surveys with aerial photos and drones, Peruvian and Japanese researches from Yamagata University earlier this month reported the discovery of 168 new designs at the Unesco World Heritage site on Peru’s southern Pacific coast.
The geoglyphs, huge figures carved into the South American desert, date back more than 2,000 years and represent humans, cats, snakes, killer whales, birds and native camalids – animals such as llamas, guanacos and alpacas…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #imagery #drones #remotesensing #geoglyphs #nazcas #plains #Peru #ancient #ancientcivilisations #perColumbian ##artworks #desert #archaeology #aja #nasca

Following the discovery of an enormous lounging cat in 2020, archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of additional #geoglyphs on the Nazca Lines site in #Peru.
#archaeology #art

https://links.colossal.art/nazca-lines

Following the discovery of an enormous lounging cat in 2020, archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of additional #geoglyphs on the Nazca Lines site in #Peru.
#archaeology #art

https://links.colossal.art/nazca-lines

Awesome new discovery! #nazcalines #peru #archeology #art #indigenouspeoples #geoglyphs https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/peru-nazca-lines-discovered/index.html

#KnowledgeByte: #Geoglyphs are generally a type of land #Art, and sometimes rock art, a hill figure is created on a slope, so that it can be seen from a distance.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/5fccba7d68d9355ecc2d01ae

#KnowledgeByte: #Geoglyphs are generally a type of land #Art, and sometimes rock art, a hill figure is created on a slope, so that it can be seen from a distance.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/5fccba7d68d9355ecc2d01ae

Following the discovery of an enormous lounging cat in 2020, archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of additional geoglyphs on the Nazca Lines site in Peru. A team from Yamagata University has spent nearly a decade at the location 250 miles south of Lima, and a field study between June 2019 and February 2020 unveiled 168 previously hidden works. Spotted in aerial photos captured by drones, the drawings feature myriad creatures like ....

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/12/nazca-lines-peru/

#geoglyphs #Nazca #archaeology

@globalmuseum Thanks, impressive recent discoveries. In 2015 I did a satellite imagery survey and posted a #KML file, opens in #GoogleEarth:
Atacama Desert Art and Archaeology - geoglyphs and more
http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/kml/atacama.kml
#Archaeology #Atacama #Geoglyphs #Peru #Chile #Nazca

Scientists Found 168 More Ancient Figures Etched Into the Peruvian Desert.
The nearly 200 previously unknown geoglyphs include depictions of humans, birds, orcas, cats, and snakes https://www.vice.com/en/article/epz99n/scientists-found-168-more-ancient-figures-etched-into-the-peruvian-desert #geoglyphs #Peru

Scientists Found 168 More Ancient Figures Etched Into Peruvian Desert
200 previously unknown #geoglyphs include humans, birds, orcas, cats, and snakes etched into the soil by the Indigenous peoples who lived in this area between 2,500-1,500 years ago https://bit.ly/3FkTFJe

Scientists Found 168 More Ancient Figures Etched Into the Peruvian Desert
200 previously unknown #geoglyphs include humans, birds, orcas, cats, and snakes etched into the soil by the Indigenous peoples who lived in this area between 2,500 - 1,500 years ago
https…