Pampas de Moxos — Central Lagoon Mound at Cedro Lagoon Hypothesis (Moxos Central Hypothetical)
Moxos Central Hypothetical Mound · Cedro Central Hypothetical · Moxos Hypothetical Pampas
Hypothetical 1200 CE if mound (unvalidated) or Holocene floating mat natural·Hypothetical Casarabe lagoon islet (unvalidated) or natural floating polder·🇧🇴 Beni, Moxos Pampas central, Cedro lagoon central islet hypothesis, Bolivia
About
About Pampas de Moxos — Central Lagoon Mound at Cedro Lagoon Hypothesis (Moxos Central Hypothetical)
Hypothetical central lagoon islet at Cedro lagoon central hypothesis, where a 200 m circular mound 2.5 m high with 500 m causeway and 80 m square embankment now show on 2020 Sentinel-2 NDVI inside Cedro lagoon but 2022 ground check found mound is floating mat of camalote palm and lagoon-edge levee 0.4 m is hippo-like burrow upcast and natural floating polder, not Casarabe. Hypothesis by outsider 2020 promoted as 'Moxos central pyramid islet' inside lagoon, but Prümers team notes lagoon is seasonally 3 m flooded and central islet is seasonal floating vegetation with no terra preta — only 1200 CE charcoal is reed burn. Treated hypothetical: lagoon cannot host Casarabe permanent settlement.
Why it mattersTests most extreme Moxos lagoon claim: central lagoon hypothesis disproved by floating mat seasonal dynamics; levee 0.4 m is hippo burrow (capybara) not causeway; clarifies Moxos lagoon vs causeway conflation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Is 200 m islet Casarabe island vs camalote floating mat?
- 02Is 500 m levee causeway vs hippo trail?
Theories
- 01Pampas Moxos central islet is seasonal camalote floating polder, not permanent Casarabe pyramid
- 02Lagoon levee 0.4 m is native gers upcast not anthropogenic
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 1200 CE if islet, else annual camalote mat regrowth natural
- Period
- Hypothetical 1200 CE if mound (unvalidated) or Holocene floating mat natural
- Culture
- Hypothetical Casarabe lagoon islet (unvalidated) or natural floating polder
- Purpose
- Moxos lagoon islet pyramid hypothesis vs floating polder natural
- Abandoned
- seasonal flood 3 m mat breakup
- Rediscovered
- 2020 NDVI lagoon islet; 2022 Prümers-team ground truth floating mat
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
Holocene
Cedro lagoon seasonal flood 3 m and camalote mat annual cycle
c. 1200 CE (?)
Hypothetical islet 200 m built if Casarabe — else no construction
2020–2022
Satellite NDVI islet promoted; 2022 truth finds floating mat not mound
On the ground
Structures & features
14.8250° S · 64.5250° W · 165 m · 3 mapped features
Central Islet (200 m dia., 2.5 m high, floating)
islet200 m circular islet 2.5 m high floating camalote mat inside Cedro lagoon, not mound fill
14.8255° S · 64.5255° WCauseway Levee (500 m, 0.4 m high)
levee500 m levee 0.4 m high along lagoon edge with hippo burrow upcast
14.8245° S · 64.5260° WSquare Embankment (80 m, 1 m)
square80 m square embankment 1 m high with lagoon mud, flooded seasonally
14.8250° S · 64.5240° W