The Entire History of Prehistoric Amazonia

Join me for an epic Anatolian adventure this September ! https://www.thecommunitygarden.org/tours/p/ancientanatolia Pete Kelly here. Narrator / writer / researcher / editor behind the channel. This episode was a labour of love. I started writing it back in 2020. I'm glad I held off on releasing it as vast amounts of new data has been released just in the years since. Notably with the incredible discoveries of the Upano Valley just released in 2024. I was lucky enough to visit the Amazon in 2023 where I researched, wrote and filmed much of the footage for the episode. I've been chipping away at it since finishing the script last year and have just spent a solid month finally editing it. Glad to have it finally released! Lost Cities In The Amazon 22:32: Part 1 - New World 49:23: Part 2 - Green Desert Myth 1:09:49: Part 3 - Beyond The Great River 1:45:03: Part 4 - Finding Z References : Journal Articles - Amazonian Dark Earths in Western Amazonia? - Manuel Arroyo-Kalin (2014) The Andes-Amazonia divide: Myth & Reality - Pearce, Beresford-Jones & Heggarty Rewriting the late Pre-European History of Amazonia - William M. Denevan (2012) Geolocation of unpublished archaeological sites in the Peruvian Amazon - Coomes et al (2021) Changing Perspective on the archeology of the Upper Amazon - Clasby & Nesbitt Tropical Garden Cities: archaeology and memory In the southern Amazon - Michael Heckenberger Pre-Colombian Urbanism, Anthropogenic Landscapes and the future of the amazon - Michael Heckenberger et al Kuhikugu : Largest Pre-Columbian Tree Settlement -- Xingu region of the Amazon Rainforest Books - The Ecology of Power: Culture, Place & Personhood in the Southern Amazon, AD 1000-2000 (2003) River of Darkness - Buddy Levy (2011) The River of Doubt - Candice Millard (2005) Moundbuilders of the Amazon: Geophysical archaeology on Marajo Island, Brazil - Anna Roosevelt Amazonian Indians: From Prehistory to the Present - Anna Roosevelt Explorers of the Amazon - Anthony Smith The Lost city of Z- David Grann Land Without Evil - Utopian Adventures Across The South American Watershed Ebenezer Howard - Garden Cities of Tomorrow 1491- the Americas before Columbus - Charles C Mann Red Gold , the conquest of the Brazilian Indians - Hemming Exploration Fawcett- Col PH Fawcett Conquistador - Buddy Levy People of the Rainforest - John Hemming Spirit of the Amazon - Sue & Patrick Cunningham Pre-Colombian Art - Esther Pasztory Tree Of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon - John Hemming Join Pete in Peru next April/May - Details very soon Original music composed by Joss Edwards & Brodie Marshall Original art by Ettore Mazza Written, filmed, narrated, edited by Pete Kelly Check out my new podcast History Time: Unearthed - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWUs3Loz3TsnpJPvqVZ28re3t1dQ_ypbS&si=h3_z_LT6Au2il8-M