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Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala

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AT-0986

Maya

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Primary peer-reviewed lidar study for extensive settlement and infrastructure in northern Guatemala; its mapped features still require archaeological dating and ground verification.

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Maya Sacred Cities

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Primary peer-reviewed lidar study for settlement density, infrastructure, connectivity, agriculture, and defensive features beyond restored monument cores.

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Maya Sacred Cities

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Tikal, Chichén Itzá, and Palenque were lived Maya urban landscapes in which monumental, ritual, dynastic, residential, and infrastructural features coexisted.

The sacred and political character of Maya cities is well supported. The risk is overreading every building as a coded star map.
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The listed archaeological and heritage records provide no evidence that extraterrestrials built Maya cities or taught Maya astronomy.

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