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Volcanic ash preserves clues to Mayan staple crop
U. COLORADO (US)—A large manioc field exquisitely preserved under a blanket of ash by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago in present-day El Salvador offers new details about cultivation practices of...
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Pressurized water feature in maya plumbing
The illustration depicts the Piedras Bolas aqueduct functioning as a fountain, suggesting one plausible explanation of how the feature used water pressure. Due to destruction of the Maya aqueduct,...
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Mayan treasures discovered in king’s tomb
BROWN (US)—A well-preserved tomb of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala. The tomb is packed with carvings, ceramics, textiles, and the bones of six children, who may have been...
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Ancient Maya road ‘frozen’ by volcano
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — A team excavating a Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has unexpectedly hit an ancient white road that appears to lead to and from the...
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Maya ‘sun’ masks discovered at pyramid
BROWN (US) — Archeologists have uncovered a pyramid believed to celebrate the Maya sun god at the El Zotz site in Guatemala.The ornately decorated structure is topped by a temple covered in a series of...
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Domesticated turkey bones found in Maya temple
U. FLORIDA (US) — Bones from an ancient Mayan archaeological site show the turkey was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.Researchers say discovery of bones in Guatemala...
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Tomb of Maya warrior queen discovered
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization.The tomb of Lady K’abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord, was...
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Climate change withered Maya civilization
PENN STATE / UC DAVIS (US) — A high-resolution climate record spanning 2,000 years shows how Maya political systems developed and fell apart in response to climate change, researchers report. The role...
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Maya expert debunks ‘end of times’
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Tomorrow, December 21, 2012, has taken over pop culture this year: will the world end? Maya scholar David Stuart says no. The truth regarding the date, according to Stuart, a...
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Maya marked start of ‘new form of society’
U. ARIZONA (US) — Scientists have uncovered evidence at a site in Guatemala that suggests the origins of the Maya civilization are more complex than previously thought.Known for its elaborate temples,...
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Fascinating. I am looking forward to see what the rest of the excavation is going to reveal.
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Pressurized water feature in maya plumbing
The illustration depicts the Piedras Bolas aqueduct functioning as a fountain, suggesting one plausible explanation of how the feature used water pressure. Due to destruction of the Maya aqueduct,...
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Mayan treasures discovered in king’s tomb
BROWN (US)—A well-preserved tomb of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala. The tomb is packed with carvings, ceramics, textiles, and the bones of six children, who may have been...
View ArticleAncient Maya road ‘frozen’ by volcano
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — A team excavating a Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has unexpectedly hit an ancient white road that appears to lead to and from the...
View ArticleMaya ‘sun’ masks discovered at pyramid
BROWN (US) — Archeologists have uncovered a pyramid believed to celebrate the Maya sun god at the El Zotz site in Guatemala. The ornately decorated structure is topped by a temple covered in a series...
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Domesticated turkey bones found in Maya temple
U. FLORIDA (US) — Bones from an ancient Mayan archaeological site show the turkey was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Researchers say discovery of bones in...
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Tomb of Maya warrior queen discovered
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization. The tomb of Lady K’abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord, was...
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Climate change withered Maya civilization
PENN STATE / UC DAVIS (US) — A high-resolution climate record spanning 2,000 years shows how Maya political systems developed and fell apart in response to climate change, researchers report. The role...
View ArticleMaya expert debunks ‘end of times’
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Tomorrow, December 21, 2012, has taken over pop culture this year: will the world end? Maya scholar David Stuart says no. The truth regarding the date, according to Stuart, a...
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