Baures Hydraulic Complex (Complejo Hidrulico de las llanuras de Baures)
Site#103.02
DescriptionThe discovery of over 500 square kilometers of artificial earthworks that are identified as fish weirs by a team of American and Bolivian archaeologists directed by Dr. Clark L. Erickson of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The earthwork complex was probably built and used in late prehistory and during the early colonial period (around AD 1600-1700). Location InfoBaures, located in the eastern tropical lowlands of Bolivia, South America. The region, known as the Llanos de Mojos, is characterized by savannas, wetlands, and tropical forest.