Ancient Maya ‘urban triangle’ discovered in Guatemala

Amazing stuff!

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art Virtual Opening

Very recommendable! This is quite possibly a spectacular exhibition!

Coffee and the Maya in Guatemala

Recommendable! Perhaps after watching this documentary your coffee will taste even better! Germans were apparently running coffee growing in Guatemala before World War II. A Swiss man has spent 30 years of his life to help to establish viable coffee cooperatives.

The Classic Maya Collapse: New Evidence on a Great Mystery

Very recommendable! A talk by Simon Martin, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Anthropology, Curator, American Section, Penn Museum, Philadelphia

Typical satellite photo of a Mayan inhabited region in a jungle:

Lidar image of same region:

Agriculture on an enormous scale, feeding perhaps up to 10 million people

Massive 3,000-year-old Maya ceremonial complex discovered in 'plain sight'

Amazing stuff! Discovered with the aid of LIDAR!

Massive 3,000-year-old Maya ceremonial complex discovered in 'plain sight' (National Geographic, behind annoying subscription feature)

Large-scale early Maya sites in Mexico revealed by lidar mapping technology  Archaeology is transforming our view of how ancient Maya societies developed. Use of lidar technology has now led to the discovery that large, monumental structures that aid naked-eye astronomy were built unexpectedly early.

Lidar reveals the oldest and biggest Maya structure yet found | Science News: A previously unknown Maya site in Mexico, called Aguada Fénix, adds to evidence that massive public works may have preceded kings in the civilization.

Here is the research paper:
Monumental architecture at Aguada Fénix and the rise of Maya civilization | Nature Here we describe an airborne lidar survey and excavations of the previously unknown site of Aguada Fénix (Tabasco, Mexico) with an artificial plateau, which measures 1,400 m in length and 10 to 15 m in height and has 9 causeways radiating out from it. We dated this construction to between 1000 and 800 BC using a Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates.

A Maya civilization brought low by climate change (and, no, it’s not us)

Can you believe it! There was climate change before the rise of CO2 levels in the atmosphere!

Climate change was most likely not the sole explanation of the demise of the Maya culture. How about overpopulation, diseases, strife ...

New clues about how and why the Maya culture collapsed – Harvard Gazette: Human-environmental scientist says there are new clues about how and why the Maya culture collapsed.