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Together, Archaeologists and Indigenous People Use Technology to Map Ancient Amazon Civilizations

Thirty-year partnership with the Kuikuro people offers a model of scientific collaboration

A thirty-year scientific partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people, in the Xingu Indigenous Territory in Mato Grosso, is using advanced technologies to uncover the past of ancient Amazonian civilizations. Together, they have already mapped more than 20 cities up to 1,500 years old spread across 1,200 km² of forest.

The project, which offers a model of scientific collaboration, trains Indigenous researchers like Viola Kuikuro to use remote-sensing technologies and traditional archaeological methods. Archaeologists and remote-sensing technicians recently visited the Ipatsé village for an expedition as part of the Voices of the Amazon project.

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