Towns, Cities and Villages Found on Brazilian Amazon
posted in Amazing Facts |Brazilian Amazon is found to be place of towns, villages and cities that were densely packed and well organized. The vast areas of rain forest lands happen to be well- established landscape before the settling of European colonists. These findings were highlighted in a study, the co-author of it being Michael Heckenberger, anthropologist, University of Florida, Gainesville.
These findings by Heckenberger and his colleagues from the US and Brazil were reported in the journal Science.
Heckenberger said that the settlements of Brazilian Amazon were on par with medieval towns of Europe. The findings support the controversial theory that Amazon River Basin was fully occupied by societies that become non-existent due to diseases by the time Europeans colonist arrived on the scene during the 15th as well as the 16th centuries. It was further observed that the present day isolated tribes were the last survivors of those Amazon Societies.
The cluster of the Amazon Basin towns and villages consisted of a seat of power that was ritualistic. It had wide roads extending to other communities. The cities were organized around a central plaza. They were linked to other cities via well constructed roads. A major road, which is aligned with summer solstice, intersects every central plaza. The towns were walled like medieval town. Between the settlements one came across agriculture fields. The structure of these settlements is well organized political entities and indicates regional planning.