Largest previously unknown ceremonial center discovered with NASA's GLIHT lidar data in Campeche, MexicoGraphic by Francisco Estrada-Belli
Largest previously unknown ceremonial center discovered with NASA's GLIHT lidar data in Campeche, MexicoGraphic by Francisco Estrada-Belli
No wonder they resorted to child sacrifice.
And Mexico had maybe 4.5M at time of contact.
So uh...where’d the other 10M go? Eaten by tigers? Murdered by their relatives?
Extrapolations of population density from a few ruins is a dangerous biz. But if you want to push a narrative, what the hell. Just fictionalize everything!
Mayan your own business!
I always knew this based on my own studies. Just the salt mined alone was 5 times the need for the population they previously claimed... And the amount of crop area just as much more... Same all over South America.
Has any research ever identified when and why the Mayan civilization collapsed.
