Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau at Kunduriri Plain (Pando North) — v2
Kunduriri Plain North · Pando Hypothetical Plateau · Kunduriri Pando
Hypothetical pre-Columbian 800 CE (if cultural) or Holocene paleo-river natural·Hypothetical Casarabe north (unvalidated) or natural paleo-river·🇧🇴 Pando, Manuripi, Kunduriri plain north, Llanos de Moxos-Moxía hypothetical plateau, Bolivia
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About Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau at Kunduriri Plain (Pando North) — v2
Hypothetical raised-field plateau at Kunduriri in Pando north, where 5 km linear earth ridges 0.6 m high with 30 m rectangular grid and 40 m circular pools now show on Sentinel-2 but ground check 2021 found ridges are natural levee scroll bars of Manuripi paleo-river and pools are oxbow residue not cultural. Claim by amateur portal 2018 promoted as 'Kunduriri lost city grid' 5 km linked to Casarabe, but Pando archaeologists note Kunduriri is 600 km north of Casarabe culture limit and no ceramics in augers — only 800 CE charcoal ambiguous burn. Treated hypothetical/ pseudo leaning: natural levee mimic, insufficient evidence for Casarabe north city.
Why it mattersTests northernmost Casarabe claim: Kunduriri geometry is equifinal scroll bar meander mimics field grid; third Pando-Moxos hypothetical clarifies Amazon north savanna geomorphology pitfalls.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Is 5 km ridge grid Casarabe north vs Manuripi scroll meanders?
- 02Are 40 m pools reservoirs vs oxbow lakes?
Theories
- 01Kunduriri grid is Manuripi paleo-channel scroll pattern not cultural grid
- 02If cultural would be 800 CE short-lived not Casarabe capital
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- hypothetical 800 CE if field levee, else Holocene Manuripi scroll bar natural
- Period
- Hypothetical pre-Columbian 800 CE (if cultural) or Holocene paleo-river natural
- Culture
- Hypothetical Casarabe north (unvalidated) or natural paleo-river
- Purpose
- Kunduriri field grid hypothesis vs oxbow scroll bar natural levee
- Abandoned
- scroll natural leaf litter
- Rediscovered
- 2018 amateur satellite 'Kunduriri grid'; 2021 Pando augering scroll bars
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
Holocene
Manuripi River paleo-meanders lay scroll bar ridges 0.6 m
800 CE (?)
Hypothetical Kunduriri grid built if anthropogenic — else no construction
2018–2021
Satellite Kunduriri grid promoted; 2021 augers reveal oxbow fill not terra preta
On the ground
Structures & features
11.4850° S · 68.3420° W · 252 m · 3 mapped features
5 km Ridge Grid (30 m rectangles, 0.6 m high)
grid5 km ridge grid 0.6 m high with 30 m rectangles on Kunduriri plain
11.4855° S · 68.3425° WCircular Pool (40 m dia., 1.5 m deep)
pool40 m circular pool 1.5 m deep palm savanna, one of grid pools
11.4845° S · 68.3430° WScroll Bar Meander
leveeManuripi scroll bar levee meander ridge 0.6 m Holocene natural levee
11.4850° S · 68.3410° W