Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

airplane-based lidar mapping tools have discovered tens of thousands of structures constructed by the Maya: defense works, houses, buildings, industrial-size agricultural fields, even new pyramids.

And if Maya agriculture did cause substantial erosion ... Terry notes. But the tools of modern soil science are now enabling these scientists to ask increasingly sophisticated questions about ...

Through it we can learn the details of traditional gastronomy, astronomy, agriculture and natural ... With the digital tools that I learned during my academic training, I have worked to document Mayan ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according to a report in Nature. The discovery includes a pair of chert points ...

If their hypothesis is correct, these would be the first ever Mayan tattooing tools to have ever been discovered in archaeology. When asked how long burins may have been used before being ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what seem to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing 1. The civilization of the ancient Maya, who lived in what is now Mexico and ...

Yaxnohcah managed to maintain a city for so long because of the way they sustainably managed their water supply and agriculture. “It shows the organization of the Maya — their engineering, their ...

And if Maya agriculture did cause substantial erosion ... Terry notes. But the tools of modern soil science are now enabling these scientists to ask increasingly sophisticated questions about ...