The campos de murundus (literally “mound fields”) are intriguing landscapes composed of earth-mounds. These microreliefs occur in transition areas between the plateau and hydromorphic areas of the Brazilian Savanna. Several ...

The rapid increase of tourism and urbanization in the coastline of Buenos Aires province resulted in the need of infrastructure and services development along the entire coast. However, the lack of environmental criteria ...

This paper presents new data on the spatial organization of mound-builder groups in the India Muerta wetlands, Uruguay. This area presents the beginning of land architecture in the region (ca. 4800–5000 years BP), ...

This search aims to discuss culture studies of lithic material present in mounds. As start point to understand this structures, as to as builders, dedicate itself to analyze of lithic collections. The pieces in question ...

Earthen mounds with archaeological artifacts have been well known in Marajo Island since the 19th century. Their documented dimensions are impressive, e.g., up to 20m high, and with areas large as 90 ha. The mounds, locally ...

The pre-design of armor units on coastal engineering structures consists in the determination of the weight of an individual armor unit in the primary cover layer through empirical formulations. The objective of this ...