Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ku Guatemala afukula manda odabwitsa a Amaya kuyambira m’zaka za m’ma 350 C.E. Atapezeka pamalo ofukula mabwinja a Chochkitam m'nkhalango yamvula ya Peten, mandawa adapereka nkhokwe yamaliro, kuphatikiza chigoba chokongola cha jade mosaic.
Pogwiritsa ntchito luso lamakono lakutali (lidar), ofufuza motsogoleredwa ndi Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli anapeza manda. M'katimo, adavundukula chigoba chodabwitsa cha jade, chokongoletsedwa ndi mapangidwe azithunzi. Amakhulupirira kuti chigobachi chimasonyeza mulungu wa mkuntho wa Maya. Kuphatikiza apo, mandawa anali ndi zipolopolo zopitilira 16 zosowa mollusk ndi ziwombankhanga zaanthu zingapo zojambulidwa ndi hieroglyphs.
Chigoba cha jade chikufanana ndi ena omwe amapezeka kumalo akale a Maya, makamaka omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito poika maliro achifumu. Kukhalapo kwake kumasonyeza kuti mfumu yakufayo inali ndi mphamvu ndi chisonkhezero chachikulu.
Panthawi ya ulamuliro wa mfumu, Chochkitam unali mzinda wapakati wokhala ndi nyumba zapagulu. Anthu pakati pa 10,000 ndi 15,000 anali kukhala mumzindawo, ndipo ena 10,000 ankakhala m’madera ozungulira.
Akatswiri ofufuza akonza zoti afufuze ma DNA pa mabwinja omwe apezeka m’mandamo kuti adziwe bwino za mfumuyo. Kufukula mopitirira muyeso kukuchitika, ndi chiyembekezo chovumbulutsa chuma chobisika kwambiri cha mzinda wodabwitsa wa Maya umenewu.
