Ancient Builders of the Amazon — NOVA PBS
Editor's Take
Overturning the image of the Amazon as pristine wilderness, this NOVA film gathers evidence of large, organized societies that once lived across the basin. Archaeologists read earthworks and settlement traces as signs of a landscape deliberately shaped by people. The argument is careful and cumulative, built from findings rather than assertion. It reframes a familiar place as a site of lost human history.
Ancient Builders of the Amazon overturns the old idea of the rainforest as untouched wilderness. This NOVA film follows archaeologists whose discoveries reveal traces of large, sophisticated societies that once flourished across the Amazon basin. Presented in 4K, it examines the earthworks, settlements, and evidence of a landscape shaped by human hands long ago. It is a fascinating rewrite of the history of the New World's greatest forest. Free to stream in 4K on Dr Documentary.
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