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Tagsterra-preta
7 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city
Xinguano late 1100–1600 CE · Xinguano (ancestral Kuikuro)
Southern reservoir satellite K17 of Kuhikugu — 140 m reservoir and plazas at Seki Lake south, Xingu hydraulic answer to Upano.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city
Xinguano 800–1600 CE (late pre-Columbian Amazon) · Xinguano (Arawak, ancestral Kuikuro)
Eastern Kuhikugu causeway-plaza K15 — 220 m plaza with 20 m causeways linking to fish weir, 2.8 km east of X11.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city
Late Pre-Columbian (800–1600 CE) · Upper Xingu / ancestral Kuikuro Arawak
Eastern plaza K10 of Kuhikugu cluster on Seki East — 12 ha plaza with ditch and 1.2 km causeway.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient village
Late Pre-Columbian (900–1600 CE) · Upper Xingu / ancestral Kuikuro Arawak
Central reservoir K12 of Kuhikugu at Seki isthmus — 80×60 m embanked reservoir and 900 m canal.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient village
Late Pre-Columbian (900 – 1650 CE) · Xinguano Arawak / Kuhikugu
Western Kuhikugu plaza K9 250×150 m at Seki Lake west — causeway 500 m ×12 m and reservoir 100 m under gallery forest; Xinguano.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Lost city
Late Pre-Columbian (c.700 – 1600 CE) · Xinguano tradition (Kuikuro ancestors)
Upper Xingu plaza town 8 km east of classic Kuhikugu — ring ditch, 700 m causeway and terra preta, 14 ha, 900–1350 CE.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient village
Late Pre-Columbian (900 – 1650 CE) · Xinguano Arawak / Kuhikugu
Western Kuhikugu plaza K9 250×150 m at Seki Lake west — causeway 500 m ×12 m and reservoir 100 m under gallery forest; Xinguano.