Laurence Blair

This is an island which is often underwater for half the year, but it has these mounds and it has these, interestingly, these female figurines, these kind of

This is an island which is often underwater for half the year, but it has these mounds and it has these, interestingly, these female figurines, these kind of

most feminine divine images which obviously we see in other parts of the ancient world as well you know the the venus figure you know which is quite familiar to a lot of early societies so we have these mounts here on manashore island and but you know the idea was well this is kind of maybe just a not particularly sophisticated society maybe they're descendants of an andean migration that's you know that's come down from the andes come down the rivers and

most feminine divine images which obviously we see in other parts of the ancient world as well you know the the venus figure you know which is quite familiar to a lot of early societies so we have these mounts here on manashore island and but you know the idea was well this is kind of maybe just a not particularly sophisticated society maybe they're descendants of an andean migration that's you know that's come down from the andes come down the rivers and

most feminine divine images which obviously we see in other parts of the ancient world as well you know the the venus figure you know which is quite familiar to a lot of early societies so we have these mounts here on manashore island and but you know the idea was well this is kind of maybe just a not particularly sophisticated society maybe they're descendants of an andean migration that's you know that's come down from the andes come down the rivers and

have gradually shed their quote-unquote civilised ways here in the terrible tropics, because it's right on the equator, this particular spot. But again, recent surveys, recent technologies, a change in perspective maybe has helped us find evidence to suggest the opposite. We have, in fact, hundreds of these platforms scattered across an area of 7,000 square miles.

have gradually shed their quote-unquote civilised ways here in the terrible tropics, because it's right on the equator, this particular spot. But again, recent surveys, recent technologies, a change in perspective maybe has helped us find evidence to suggest the opposite. We have, in fact, hundreds of these platforms scattered across an area of 7,000 square miles.

have gradually shed their quote-unquote civilised ways here in the terrible tropics, because it's right on the equator, this particular spot. But again, recent surveys, recent technologies, a change in perspective maybe has helped us find evidence to suggest the opposite. We have, in fact, hundreds of these platforms scattered across an area of 7,000 square miles.

They've got clay floors, cemeteries, fireplaces, hearths that have burned consistently for centuries. And the first signs of habitation here are dating back to 3500. 100 BC, but actually, these are places of really sustained feasting, worshipping, mourning for over a millennium after AD 300.

They've got clay floors, cemeteries, fireplaces, hearths that have burned consistently for centuries. And the first signs of habitation here are dating back to 3500. 100 BC, but actually, these are places of really sustained feasting, worshipping, mourning for over a millennium after AD 300.

They've got clay floors, cemeteries, fireplaces, hearths that have burned consistently for centuries. And the first signs of habitation here are dating back to 3500. 100 BC, but actually, these are places of really sustained feasting, worshipping, mourning for over a millennium after AD 300.

Intriguingly, we have some skeletons from the Manaxawara, this ancient people, and they actually seem to have been healthier and stronger, almost a bit like a kind of modern-day Greco-Roman wrestler than even the average Brazilian today. And actually, if you look at the pottery on the ceramics, you see this feminine, divine imagery. And the graves of women are actually richer in goods.

Intriguingly, we have some skeletons from the Manaxawara, this ancient people, and they actually seem to have been healthier and stronger, almost a bit like a kind of modern-day Greco-Roman wrestler than even the average Brazilian today. And actually, if you look at the pottery on the ceramics, you see this feminine, divine imagery. And the graves of women are actually richer in goods.

Intriguingly, we have some skeletons from the Manaxawara, this ancient people, and they actually seem to have been healthier and stronger, almost a bit like a kind of modern-day Greco-Roman wrestler than even the average Brazilian today. And actually, if you look at the pottery on the ceramics, you see this feminine, divine imagery. And the graves of women are actually richer in goods.

So maybe it's something a little bit like the Amazons that we talked about in Carver House Chronicle, you know, these warrior women. Perhaps we're seeing an echo of that in the archaeological records, in the sense that we have Manasohara women who were actually calling the shots and maybe even taking their pick of these muscle-bound admirers.

So maybe it's something a little bit like the Amazons that we talked about in Carver House Chronicle, you know, these warrior women. Perhaps we're seeing an echo of that in the archaeological records, in the sense that we have Manasohara women who were actually calling the shots and maybe even taking their pick of these muscle-bound admirers.

So maybe it's something a little bit like the Amazons that we talked about in Carver House Chronicle, you know, these warrior women. Perhaps we're seeing an echo of that in the archaeological records, in the sense that we have Manasohara women who were actually calling the shots and maybe even taking their pick of these muscle-bound admirers.

There's one thing I want to also say about these Manasohara. What's the foundation of this culture? It seems like they were able to harvest all these

There's one thing I want to also say about these Manasohara. What's the foundation of this culture? It seems like they were able to harvest all these

There's one thing I want to also say about these Manasohara. What's the foundation of this culture? It seems like they were able to harvest all these