The Uncertain Future of These Ancient Amazonian Earthworks

In the southwestern Amazon, one archeologist is fighting to protect ancient sites from Brazil’s seemingly unstoppable agribusiness industry, now worth $524 billion. The carvings are proof of an ancient and sophisticated civilization that aligned its agricultural calendar with summer and winter solstices. Farmers view the land as a cash cow, and the area’s historic geometric earth carvings –known as geoglyphs– are in the way.

00:00 – Introduction
01:11 – Geoglyphs in person
03:05 – Agriculture boom
05:04 – Assuero Veronez case
07:27 – Outlook
08:56 – Importance of geoglyphs

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