BYU soil scientists work at the ancient Maya location near Tikal, Guatemala.
The traces of ancient corn farms could reveal how many people lived in a legendary Maya city, a new study suggests.
The pyramid-filled Maya site of Tikal
in Guatemala is one of the largest archaeological complexes in Central
America. The vast city-state had a long run, flourishing from roughly
600 B.C. until A.D. 900 when the Maya civilization
mysteriously collapsed. A group of scientists recently revisited the
site, not to hunt for lost treasures or artifacts, but to look for clues
in the soil chemistry that might reveal the population of Tikal in its
prime.
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