Great article today in The Guardian about the progresses of #mayaarchaeology thanks to #lidar technology and of Maya people in modern society.
On another positive note many Maya forests and sites are now protected by @ACOFOP , i.e. local communities.
https://t.co/Ge9Dg3WEws
New ARTICLE: A Closer Look at Classic Maya Urbanism at Dzibanche/Kaanu’l through Airborne Lidar Mapping | Latin American Antiquity | Cambridge Core https://t.co/iSNrekbJ4v
We (the Middle American Research Institute of @Tulane) are going global!
First stop, Costa Rica!
#LidArc#globaldigitalheritage
Tulane takes leading role in $10 million global archaeology mapping initiative | Tulane University News https://t.co/8MdKHqhnl4
We (the Middle American Research Institute of @Tulane) are going global!
First stop, Costa Rica!
#LidArc#globaldigitalheritage
Tulane takes leading role in $10 million global archaeology mapping initiative | Tulane University News https://t.co/8MdKHqhnl4
Considering only upland terrain, since wetlands are largely inhabited, we found a staggering average density of 78 structures/km2 in #Campeche and southern #QuintanaRoo vs 30 str/km2 in the #Peten. #mayaarchaeology#lidar@MARI_GISLAB https://t.co/niMe4wz7gy
New #mayaarchaeology#lidar data analysis at @MARI_GISLAB@Tulane
The population estimates for the central Maya Lowland now reach 9.5 to 16 million. The article will be open access shortly. Preview it here: https://t.co/7jgD7qo2kl
Data: https://t.co/5jz0bxv35K
6. No existe calzada arriba del "friso". Es el desplante de la Acropolis. En la misma imagen Hansen traza una calzada que viene desde el este (desde La Danta) que pasa sobre la fachada de la Acropolis Central. Eso no es fraudolento. Es una simple estupidez.
#mayaarchaeology
Afirmaciones notoriamente falsas soobre El Mirador publicadas por el pseudo arqueólogo Richard Hansen por años y años:
1. La "cuenca Mirador" no es una cuenca. Es una meseta carstica. 1/
#decolonize#mayaarchaeology#MayaBiosphereReserve
4. El "Friso" no es un friso. Es el relieve de una fachada del basamento piramidal de la Acropolis Central de El Mirador. Vease ubicación en el mapa lidar adjunto, tomado de Hansen et al. 2022.
#decolonize#mayaarchaeology#ReservaBiosferaMaya#guatemala