Ancient Amazon civilisation laid bare by felled forest

NS ^ | 10 Dec 2009 | Linda Geddes

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The traditional view is that before the arrival of the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th century there were no complex societies in the Amazon basin

And yet the flipping Spanish and Portuguese who were actually the first in told them that there were large and complex in the Amazon basin.

Why do we have a tendency to write off multiple first hand accounts as lies?

[votemout]

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/expedition-week/3819/Overview

Lost cities of the Amazon.

[LibertyRocks]

Thanks for the ping! Absolutely fascinating...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks LibertyRocks!