A mound has been discovered in the Amazon! More than two acres wide, and as tall as a five-story building, Montegrande sits amid rice paddies and cow pastures outside the Peruvian city of Jaén. The depth and form of the structure and the lack of any ceramics shows the mound dates from the late pre-ceramic era, some 3,000 years ago.
A mound this large could only have been built by a stable and complex society. Its workers were organized to undertake and complete such a large project, and its food resources were plentiful and controlled enough to feed their workers. In the larger scheme of things, Montegrande is just one more piece of evidence that the ancient Amazon was home to more than simple tribal settlements, moving frequently due to the poor soil, as had long been believed.
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