New Evidence of Artificial Mounds in the Stilt Villages of Brazil, Eastern Amazon

Key Points

• The research aims to uncover evidence of social structures in pre-Columbian America through the study of artificial mounds.
• Identification of artificial mounds using geotechnologies
• Focus on Lontra stilt villages in eastern Amazon
• Analysis of the purposes of mounds, including burial sites
• Confirmation of artificial mounds in the stilt villages
• Evidence supports the existence of stratified societies
• Mounds served multiple functions, notably as burial grounds