Using Google scholar, I found possibly 25+ journal papers mentioning the
"Amazonia Stonehenge," Site AP-CA-18. Unfortunately, except for one encyclopedia
chapter, they are all in Portuguese, which will take some time to work through using
Google Translate. At this time, it appears at least a few of them show well-preserved
ceramic pots and shards that have been found in situ at Site AP-CA-18.

In the paragraph that mentions Site AP-CA-18, the English language encyclopedia
article, Gomes (2018) states

"On the northern coast of the state of Amapa, megalithic sites emerged, another type of
monumental structure composed of granite blocks arranged in circular groups of up to
4m in height, horizontally, vertically, or inclined, that when implanted on the top of hills,
intervene dramatically in the landscape.45"

She goes on to say that these megalithic structures have been dated to 1000 BP.
She also states that the megalithics are part of "ceremonial contexts" with graves
containing "...undecorated ceramic vessels, smooth urns, and anthropomorphic
urns with polychromatic paint from the Ariste phase, as well as votive deposits
of vessels by the monoliths."

(45.) Joao Saldanha and Mariana Petry Cabral, “A longa historia indigena
na Costa Norte do Amapa,” Anuario Antropologico/2013 39, no. 2 (2014): 99–114.
[journals.openedition.org]

It seems a lot is known about Site AP-CA-18 and other Ariste phase megalithic
sites. The problem is that this information has not been widely published in the
English language archaeological literature where the English language
Wikipedias and others can easily access it.

Gomes (2018) also discusses the Brazilian coastal mounds, called "sambaquis."

References Cited

Gomes, D.M.C., 2018. Indigenous Societies in Brazil before the European
Arrival. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History.
[www.researchgate.net]
[www.researchgate.net]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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