Ancient Amazonian Funeral Urns Found in Brazil: Archaelogists

The Mamiraua staff also say they believe the vessels were buried at the same time due to the fact
that all nine urns were found at equal depths. | Photo: Archaeological Laboratory of the Mamiraua
Institute

Published 2 September 2018

Elaborately decorated in shades of red and black, the nine funeral urns are thought to be at least 500 years old.

A collection of 500-year-old urns is rocking Brazil’s science communities after experts discovered traces left behind from Amazonian Polychrome Tradition, a first in Brazilian archaeological achievements.

Decorated in shades of red and black, nine urns buried 40 centimeters below the surface in the Amazonian community of Tauary were found by archaeologists last month, the Archaeological Laboratory Mamiraua Institute announced Friday.

A researcher with the institute, Eduardo Kazuo Tamanaha, said, "We discovered more than one per day, first came one, we started to clean, there was another next, they were appearing like a domino effect."

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