National Geographic

Deep in the Andes, an archaeologist examining satellite photography discovered 76 unusual stone wall structures. Located in a remote mountain valley in northern Chile’s Camarones River Basin, these long stone walls—some stretching 500 feet (152 meters)—line steep slopes and often meet in a “V” shape. Researchers believe they were used for hunting, reshaping what we know about ancient Andean communities: on.natgeo.com/BRYTC110525

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@davesky538

Piskin corrals. We Dakota have used them forever to catch big game.

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@JesseWaide

They should LIDAR Easter Island

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@DipkrSarkar

How beautiful discovery ❤

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@MichaelQing

Oyaneder examined a 4,600-square-kilometer stretch of the Camarones River Basin using publicly available satellite imagery. What he found were long, V-shaped stone walls—some stretching 150 meters (roughly 500 feet)—which funneled into circular stone enclosures roughly two meters deep. These structures, known as chacus, were sophisticated traps used to capture vicuñas, wild relatives of alpacas. Until now, only a few chacus had been recorded in the Andes, most in Peru and in connection with Inca “royal hunts.” The 76 newly discovered traps are an unprecedented concentration in one region, pointing to a far older and more widespread tradition of hunting that may even predate the Inca. All of them were built on steep slopes over 9,000 feet, within the natural range of vicuñas. Their strategic placement suggests deep ecological knowledge and collaborative planning by early hunters.

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@Campingcigar

This is the Ginny pig fight club started!!!! With sir Ginnius Pigus

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@joãoAlberto-k9x

Okay.

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@Bloodscker-gh5xk

Fallen Star-Twilights Villain Song [My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]

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@drinxs505

It's a sheep camp

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@sirris4330

Just so you know that translates to shrimp river , here to help 😋

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@tqdinh2

It’s the ancient lost forgotten stone wall of doom 😅

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@WorldWideBlog444

Young thug Album Cover 🙏

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@piratedavessaltylife

Just a corral for game. They are all over the world.....wow

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@shaunbergh3696

We have thousand of those in South Africa. According to others it was not build for any live stock or other animals but something to do with vibration and electricity

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@YusufMaxamed-l9z

It's not big deal now

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@robertwalegir8677

👽👽👽 we are not al

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@vishnuprakash-rc2fk

Alternative technologies

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@sheebaccawookie

Why wouldn’t they build this in a mountain to deal with water flow & stabilization of terrain?

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@jakobnunez4964

Great! now a bunch of american tourists are going to destroy them.

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@ifitdontapplydontyoucry

Scientists mmmyes 😂😷

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@TrizzyToasted

SUV adventure guy literally finds stuff like this all the time lol, what is it y'all covering up this ain't big news

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