Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau North (Pando North Kunduriri)
Kunduriri North Plateau · Pando North Grid · Kunduriri Hypothetical North
Hypothetical Casarabe northern frontier·Hypothetical Casarabe Pando frontier·🇧🇴 Pando, Manuripi Province, Kunduriri Plain north of Orthon River (Pando North), Bolivia
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About Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau North (Pando North Kunduriri)
Hypothetical raised-field plateau at Kunduriri Plain north in Pando Department north of the Orthon/Manuripi interfluve, where fringe claims posit 60 ha of casarabe-like raised fields and causeway grid extrapolated from Llanos de Moxos onto Pando rainforest north of Moxos. 2 km causeway and forest island mound. 2022 CIDDEBENI augers found no terra preta, oxbow clay not field fill, charcoal 800 CE is Manuripi scroll-bar forest burn; geometry replicates Manuripi meander scroll bars.
Pando north has no Casarabe diagnostics despite satellite rectilinearity.
Why it mattersKunduriri north tests Casarabe 4500 km2 frontier myth onto Pando; distinguishes scroll-bar pseudofields from genuine Moxos raised fields.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Whether any bed hides Casarabe outlier beyond 4500 km2
- 02Attribution of mound to termitaria vs culture?
Theories
- 01Scroll bars produce rectilinear grid accidentally
- 02Casarabe north frontier halted at Mamoré, not Orthon
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- undated hypothetical; claimed Casarabe north expansion 800–1200 CE
- Period
- Hypothetical Casarabe northern frontier
- Culture
- Hypothetical Casarabe Pando frontier
- Builders
- Unverified
- Purpose
- Hypothetical northern frontier raised-field maize system
- Abandoned
- 1200 CE hypothetical collapse
- Rediscovered
- 2010s enthusiasm satellite Pando grid; Kunduriri north check 2022
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 800–1200 CE claimed
Casarabe north builds Kunduriri north grid (unverified)
2022
Augers: oxbow clay, no terra preta; charcoal forest burn 800 CE
On the ground
Structures & features
11.2000° S · 68.5500° W · 175 m · 3 mapped features
Hypothetical Raised-Field Grid (400 beds)
field400 beds 35×6 m claimed at Pando north interfluve
11.2050° S · 68.5550° WHypothetical Causeway (1.2 km×8 m)
causeway1.2 km causeway claimed connecting grid to mound
11.2000° S · 68.5500° WHypothetical Mound (40 m diameter)
mound40 m mound claimed as forest island terminus
11.1950° S · 68.5500° W