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    Archaeologists find largest-ever Mayan complex hiding in plain sight

    Archaeologists find largest-ever Mayan complex hiding in plain sight

    Wow, what an interesting find!

    The southern tip of Mexico is hiding a giant Mayan structure from about 3,000 years ago, new research shows. The nearly one mile-long monument may be the oldest and largest ever found from the mysterious civilization. An accomplishment of this magnitude is making scientists rethink what they know about the knowledge of the ancient Mayans.

    The site, known as Aguada Fénix, was discovered in the state of Tabasco, near the Gulf of Mexico. The complex, likely used as a ceremonial center and a place of gathering, was essentially hiding under the feet of modern-day Mexicans who live above the massive structure. It's 4,600 feet (1,400 meters) long and likely dates to between 1000 and 800 BCE. That time period, specifically, the year 950 BCE, also produced another Mayan site, known as Ceibal, which was previously considered the oldest-ever ceremonial center.



    While potentially being even older, Aguada Fénix is also much larger and incomparable to anything else from that time, concluded the archaeologists led by University of Arizona professors Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan.



    "To our knowledge, this is the oldest monumental construction ever found in the Maya area and the largest in the entire pre-Hispanic history of the region," the researchers wrote in their study.



    The research uncovered the secret of Aguada Fénix, which looks like a natural landscape above, via aerial surveys using the remote sensing method LIDAR. The analysis, which had laser beams sent from planes through the thick canopy of trees, showed an elevated platform that's almost a mile (1,413 meters) north to south, a quarter-mile (399 meters) east to west, and as much as 33 to 50 feet (15 meters) high. The platform also has nine wide causeways leading away from it, as well as small structures and artificial reservoirs around it.
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    Doesn't that throw off the historical timelines? In 1000BCE weren't the Mayans supposed to still be a forest dwelling tribe? These structures would appear to push that belief backward in time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    Doesn't that throw off the historical timelines? In 1000BCE weren't the Mayans supposed to still be a forest dwelling tribe? These structures would appear to push that belief backward in time.
    No, the Maya civilization lasted for a very long time. This would have been during the late Pre-Classic. It goes something like Pre-Classic, Classic and then a period when the center was the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. I'm not 100% on that but I do know 1000 BC is not that old in Maya terms.
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