A new study casts doubt on drought as the driver of ancient Mayan civilization collapse. A new study casts doubt on drought as the driver of ancient Mayan civilization collapse. There is no dispute ...

Guatemalan chaman Christian Nottbohn holds a Mayan ceremony in Rastrajon, once a settlement of warriors destined to protect the ancient city of Copan, in Copan archeological park, some 400 kms ...

Lidar map of Tikal highlighting some of its reservoirs. Credit: (Image adapted Tankersley et al. 2020). Lidar-derived hillshade image created by Francisco Estrada-Belli of the PAQUNAM LiDAR Initiative ...

The Maya built and maintained self-cleaning wetland reservoirs that served urban populations over millennia. U. of I. anthropology professor Lisa Lucero writes that the water-related crises they faced ...

A new study casts doubt on drought as the driver of ancient Mayan civilization collapse. There is no dispute that a series of droughts occurred in the Yucatan Peninsula of southeastern Mexico and ...

Ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, 'can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs.' The Maya built and ...