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Hypothetical places in Ecuador · Mysteria

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Hypothetical places

Places known from legend or remote sensing.

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Verified15 Widely accepted0 Contested8 Hypothetical42 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology24

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🇪🇨 Ecuador

🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city

La Canela – Cinnamon Country of the Amazon (Gonzalo Pizarro)

Claimed 1539 forest resource not city · Spanish resource / Omagua

Gonzalo Pizarro 1539 cinnamon forest east of Andes — sparse not city, triggers Amazon descent Recorded context — Period: Claimed 1539 forest resource not city; Culture: Spanish resource / Omagua;…

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🇪🇨 Ecuador · Earthwork

Upano — Copueno Tributary Hypothetical Mound Field

Hypothesized Upano Formative vs modern agricultural if real · Hypothesized Upano (if verified) vs mechanized rice farmers

Hypothetical Copueno floodplain raised fields — 45 linear ridges on active floodplain 2.1 km west of verified cluster.

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🇪🇨 Ecuador · Earthwork

Upano — Southern Sangay Hypothetical Terrace Extension

Hypothesized Sangay phase (800–1400 CE) if cultural · Hypothesized Sangay Huapula (if verified)

Contested Huapula foothill extension — 14 faint mound-like marks beyond verified Upano limit, on steep colluvium, unverified.