Following years of research, scientists from the Bajo Laberinto Archaeological Project, a University of Calgary-led interinstitutional and multidisciplinary research project, in conjunction with Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Campeche, have utilized lidar (light detection and ranging) to help uncover more secrets of the enormous ancient Maya city of Calakmul. As a result, researchers can now better understand the density and landscape modifications of Mexico’s ancient Maya Calakmul settlement.
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Source: Phys.org