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Were the ancient Maya an agricultural cautionary tale? Maybe not, new study suggests

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Brown University

Map of lidar area

image: The research team surveyed a small area in the Western Maya Lowlands situated at today’s border between Mexico and Guatemala, shown in context here. view more 

Credit: Andrew Scherer/Brown University

Journal

Remote Sensing

DOI

10.3390/rs13204109

Method of Research

Imaging analysis

Subject of Research

Not applicable

Article Title

Airborne Lidar Survey, Density-Based Clustering, and Ancient Maya Settlement in the Upper Usumacinta River Region of Mexico and Guatemala

Article Publication Date

14-Oct-2021

COI Statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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