Chitukuko cha Mayan chakhala chosangalatsa kwa ofufuza ndi akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale, ndipo pazifukwa zomveka. Zomangamanga zovuta, zolemba zovuta, komanso kupita patsogolo kodabwitsa mu sayansi ya zakuthambo ndi masamu, zonse zathandizira kuti chitukuko cha Mayan chikhale chokhalitsa. Posachedwapa, gulu la ofufuza linagwiritsa ntchito luso la laser kuvumbulutsa mzinda wakale wa Mayan womwe unali utabisika m’nkhalango zowirira za ku Guatemala kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Kutulukira kochititsa chidwi kumeneku kukuunikiranso mbiri yochititsa chidwi ya anthu a ku Maya ndi zimene anachita modabwitsa.
Gulu lapadziko lonse la akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale lofufuza zotsalira za chikhalidwe cha Amaya ku Guatemala linatha kupeza zikwi za nyumba zomwe poyamba zinali zobisika pansi pa denga la nkhalango, malinga ndi kafukufuku watsopano wofalitsidwa m'magazini ya Science.
Kugwiritsa ntchito njira yowunikira laser yamlengalenga yotchedwa Light Detection and Ranging, kapena LiDAR Mwachidule, ofufuza adatha kuzindikira nyumba zakale za 61,480 zomwe zidafalikira pamtunda wa makilomita 2,144 a Maya Biosphere Reserve.
"Ngakhale maphunziro ena am'mbuyomu a LiDAR adatikonzekeretsa izi, kungowona kuchuluka kwanyumba zakale kudera lonselo kunali kodabwitsa. Ndakhala ndikuyenda mozungulira nkhalango za dera la Maya kwa zaka 20, koma LiDAR anandiwonetsa zambiri zomwe sindinaziwone. Panali nyumba zambiri kuwirikiza katatu kapena kanayi monga momwe ndimaganizira," Thomas Garrison, wofukula zakale ku Ithaca College komanso wolemba nawo kafukufukuyu, adatero. Gizmodo.
Anawonjezeranso kuti "chimodzi mwa nyumba zochititsa chidwi kwambiri zomwe zinapezeka chinali piramidi yaing'ono yomwe ili pakatikati pa mzinda wa Tikal," ponena kuti LiDAR inathandizira kupeza piramidi yatsopano "mu umodzi mwa mizinda yojambulidwa bwino komanso yomveka bwino" zimasonyeza mmene luso limeneli liliri othandiza kwa akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale.
Zomwe zapezeka zatsopano zidalola asayansi kuyerekeza kuti madera otsika a Maya amakhala ndi anthu opitilira 11 miliyoni munthawi ya Late Classical Period (650 mpaka 800 AD), zomwe zikutanthauza kuti "gawo lalikulu la madambo liyenera kusinthidwa kuti ligwiritsidwe ntchito paulimi. kuchirikiza anthu awa. ”
Kutulukira kudzera mu laser reconnaissance ndichinthu chofunikira kwambiri chakufukufuku. Ukadaulo watsopanowu uli ndi kuthekera kothandizira kuwulula zitukuko zambiri zotayika komanso zoiwalika zobisika ndi masamba a nkhalango. Zomwe zapezazi zimapereka chidziwitso chofunikira pa chitukuko cha Mayan ndipo mosakayikira zidzatsogolera kufufuza kwina ndi kupezedwa kwakukulu. Kupambana kumeneku ndi umboni wa kuthekera kwaukadaulo wamakono komanso kufunika kopitilira kufufuza zakale.
