Ancient Amazonian Cities [3 of]

Click for 10% off your first month of therapy with my sponsor BetterHelp. Join over 4 million people who’ve met with a therapist on BetterHelp and started living a healthier, happier life. What’s going on with these ancient Amazon cities! Sources: Prümers, Heiko, et al. “Lidar reveals pre-Hispanic low-density urbanism in the Bolivian amazon.” Nature, vol. 606, no. 7913, 25 May 2022, pp. 325–328, Rostain, Stéphen, et al. “Two Thousand Years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon.” Science, vol. 383, no. 6679, 12 Jan. 2024, pp. 183–189, Šprajc, Ivan, et al. “Origins of mesoamerican astronomy and calendar: Evidence from the olmec and maya regions.” Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 1, 6 Jan. 2023, Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:02 Thanks to Betterhelp 2:26 Spanish Accounts 6:22 LIDAR