💧🌏 Greg Cocks on Nostr: Lost Mayan City Found In Mexico Jungle ‘By Accident’ -- ...
Lost Mayan City Found In Mexico Jungle ‘By Accident’
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmznzkly3go <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.148 <-- shared paper
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“A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico.
Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.
They uncovered the hidden complex - which they have called Valeriana - using Lidar, a type of laser survey that maps structures buried under vegetation.
They believe it is second in density only to Calakmul, thought to be the largest Maya site in ancient Latin America…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #archaeology #maya #mayan #lowlands #pyramids #causeways #amphitheatres #infrastructure #Campeche #mexico #Valeriana #LiDAR #Calakmul #LatinAmerica #urban #city #cities #ancient #bias #pseudorandomsampling
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmznzkly3go <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.148 <-- shared paper
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“A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico.
Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.
They uncovered the hidden complex - which they have called Valeriana - using Lidar, a type of laser survey that maps structures buried under vegetation.
They believe it is second in density only to Calakmul, thought to be the largest Maya site in ancient Latin America…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #archaeology #maya #mayan #lowlands #pyramids #causeways #amphitheatres #infrastructure #Campeche #mexico #Valeriana #LiDAR #Calakmul #LatinAmerica #urban #city #cities #ancient #bias #pseudorandomsampling