The urns do not seem to belong to any of the ceramic traditions known in the Middle Solimões or in the broader Brazilian Amazon. “This is a type we haven’t got records of yet,” Amaral says.

The urns, found in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest, aren’t the product any known culture, according to experts.

Archaeologist Geórgea Layla Holanda examines a funerary urn found beneath a tree in the Brazilian Amazon. Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development / Márcio Amaral Beneath the roots of a ...

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.

Summer and fall are behind us. The flowers have been pulled out of their pots and the pots have been moved into the shed. Winter is around the corner, and… ...

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.