Evidence
of Pre-Columbian Civilization Found in
Amazon
Relatively
large pre-Columbian societies
dramatically modified one of the
least-known areas of the Amazon Basin,
the Upper Xingú River, along the
Brazilian Amazon's southeast edge, says
a study published last week by Science
magazine.
The study, directed by archaeologist
Michael Heckenberger, of the University
of Florida, debunks the notions that the
Amazon was a virgin forest when the
Europeans reached the Americas in the
15th century and that barren soils had
made massive human settlements
impossible. >more
