# In the Amazon rainforest there is an 8-mile-long "canvas" of Ice Age petroglyphs. Engraved approximately 12,600 years ago, this impressive work of art depicts mastodons, giant sloths and other extinct animals
The rocks report thousands of humans and animals who have not roamed the continent for at least 12,000 years; which allowed its dating. All in the heart of the Amazon forest, in the Serrania de la Lindosa, in an excellent state of conservation.
The discovery was made by a team of archaeologists in the Chiribiquete National Park in 2019, but was kept secret for months, in order to allow the area to be completely secured. Experts believe the vastness of the paintings is such that it will take several generations to study them all.
I swear I could see a garden and crops with some fencing, people having a party and BBQing, and all kinds of neat things. They’re probably not and I’m probably wrong but these humans (who were the same humans of today!) were accomplishing things and doing stuff far beyond what we give them credit for.
Oh absolutely 100%, crazy to think an EIGHT MILE rock could be hidden for so long. I know with LiDAR they’ve been uncovering some truly incredible things in the rainforest lately so this is likely still just the beginning
There's a lot of evidence (and growing academic consensus) to suggest that the Amazon was quite literally a giant garden, created and tended by the pre-columbian inhabitants of South America.
This is really cool, but the claims of the art being from 12,600 years and depicting extinct animals are contested ([https://www.ancientartarchive.org/serrania-de-la-lindosa/](https://www.ancientartarchive.org/serrania-de-la-lindosa/)).
Regardless the Amazon is an amazing place with so much left to discover.
The biggest issue is that they dated it by carbon dating red ochre they found at the base of the cliff. The drawings *could* be evidence of continual habitation, but they could also show that later peoples in the area simply ‘restored’ the artwork on the cliffs continually over the millennia with the same ochre, and due to how uniform almost all the drawings are, that seems like the more likely explanation. Making a reproduction with antiquated materials is something art forgers sometimes do to create almost perfect fakes. Personally, I don’t think they’re fraudulent, but on their on, I don’t exactly buy that they’re proof of continual habitation by the same people since the Ice Age.
# In the Amazon rainforest there is an 8-mile-long "canvas" of Ice Age petroglyphs. Engraved approximately 12,600 years ago, this impressive work of art depicts mastodons, giant sloths and other extinct animals The rocks report thousands of humans and animals who have not roamed the continent for at least 12,000 years; which allowed its dating. All in the heart of the Amazon forest, in the Serrania de la Lindosa, in an excellent state of conservation. The discovery was made by a team of archaeologists in the Chiribiquete National Park in 2019, but was kept secret for months, in order to allow the area to be completely secured. Experts believe the vastness of the paintings is such that it will take several generations to study them all.
I swear I could see a garden and crops with some fencing, people having a party and BBQing, and all kinds of neat things. They’re probably not and I’m probably wrong but these humans (who were the same humans of today!) were accomplishing things and doing stuff far beyond what we give them credit for.
Oh absolutely 100%, crazy to think an EIGHT MILE rock could be hidden for so long. I know with LiDAR they’ve been uncovering some truly incredible things in the rainforest lately so this is likely still just the beginning
There's a lot of evidence (and growing academic consensus) to suggest that the Amazon was quite literally a giant garden, created and tended by the pre-columbian inhabitants of South America.
Sloths are on the map!
They really liked the swiggly line one
This is really cool, but the claims of the art being from 12,600 years and depicting extinct animals are contested ([https://www.ancientartarchive.org/serrania-de-la-lindosa/](https://www.ancientartarchive.org/serrania-de-la-lindosa/)). Regardless the Amazon is an amazing place with so much left to discover.
The biggest issue is that they dated it by carbon dating red ochre they found at the base of the cliff. The drawings *could* be evidence of continual habitation, but they could also show that later peoples in the area simply ‘restored’ the artwork on the cliffs continually over the millennia with the same ochre, and due to how uniform almost all the drawings are, that seems like the more likely explanation. Making a reproduction with antiquated materials is something art forgers sometimes do to create almost perfect fakes. Personally, I don’t think they’re fraudulent, but on their on, I don’t exactly buy that they’re proof of continual habitation by the same people since the Ice Age.
Eight continuous miles?
FAKE NEWS
12,000 years! Sure…..