Airborne laser scanners have revealed what may be the oldest and largest ancient Mayan structure ever found, according to new research.
The ancient Maya lived in what is today southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador. They grew to become an empire spanning much of Central America, and reached their peak in about the sixth century A.D. But most ancient Mayan cities were abandoned by 900 A.D. Many descendants of the ancient Maya still live in the region today.
Excavations have also revealed a cache of jade axes that were ritually deposited in the center of the platform, he said. An aerial view of the Aguada Fenix site. The hidden Mayan platform, at the top of this photograph, is so large that it cannot be seen at ground level.Later Mayan cities are centered on pyramids, “but those are mainly for kings and powerful people,” Inomata said. “In this case, it's an open wide space. It's a place for everybody. It's a time before the emergence of kings.”
“So in that sense, the construction itself may have promoted social organization, which possibly led later to central government and then to kings and powerful elites,” he said.
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