id
	14603
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/14603
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Two thousand years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon
Creator
	Rostain, Stéphen
	Dorison, Antoine
	de Saulieu, Geffroy
	Prümers, Heiko
	Le Pennec, Jean-Luc
	Mejía Mejía, Fernando
	Freire, Ana Maritza
	Pagán-Jiménez, Jaime R.
	Descola, Philippe
Date
	2024
Language
	eng
Abstract
	A dense system of pre-Hispanic urban centers has been found in the Upano Valley of Amazonian Ecuador, in the eastern foothills of the Andes. Fieldwork and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) analysis have revealed an anthropized landscape with clusters of monumental platforms, plazas, and streets following a specific pattern intertwined with extensive agricultural drainages and terraces as well as wide straight roads running over great distances. Archaeological excavations date the occupation from around 500 BCE to between 300 and 600 CE. The most notable landscape feature is the complex road system extending over tens of kilometers, connecting the different urban centers, thus creating a regional-scale network. Such extensive early development in the Upper Amazon is comparable to similar Maya urban systems recently highlighted in Mexico and Guatemala.
Is Part Of
	Science
Cited by
	13590
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi6317
Issue
	6679
Pages
	183-189
Volume
	383
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/P4U5L99W/item-list

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