In the southern state of Campeche on the Yucatan Peninsula, more than 6,600 buildings connected to the Maya civilization have been discovered.
Experts examined lidar data, which is a technique that uses lasers to scan the area from above.
One of Mesoamerica’s most powerful civilizations, the Maya constructed cities with intricate ceremonial structures and enormous stone pyramids in what are now Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Researchers from Tulane University in New Orleans, under the direction of Luke Auld-Thomas, discovered pyramids similar to those in Calakmul, in the Mexican state of Campeche.
Our sample of the Maya civilization for the longest period of time consisted of a few hundred.
He claimed that archaeologists laboriously walked over each square meter, using machetes to cut through the foliage.
However, rather than sending teams to the ground, his team of archaeologists examined the mapping data that was already available for a 47-square-mile area.
