Vanochera matongo muGuatemala vakawana guva reMaya rinoshamisa kubva munguva yeClassic (350 CE), ringangodaro nderamambo akanga asingazivikanwi. Yakawanikwa panzvimbo yekuchera matongo yeChochkitam muPeten sango rinonaya mvura, guva rakaburitsa dura rezvipo zvekuviga, kusanganisira yakanakisa jade mosaic mask.
Kushandisa kure kure sensing tekinoroji (lidar), vatsvakurudzi vakatungamirirwa naDr. Francisco Estrada-Belli vakawana guva. Mukati, vakafumura inokatyamadza jade mask, yakashongedzwa mumhando yemosaic. Chifukidzo ichi chinofungidzirwa kuti chinoratidza mwari wemadutu evaMaya. Pamusoro pezvo, guva iri raive neanopfuura 16 asingawanzo magokoro emollusk uye akati wandei echikadzi echikadzi akaiswa ne hieroglyphs.
Iyo jade mask inofanana nemamwe anowanikwa munzvimbo dzekare dzeMaya, kunyanya idzo dzinoshandiswa pakuvigwa kwehumambo. Kuvapo kwaro kunoratidza kuti mambo mushakabvu aiva nesimba guru uye simba.
Munguva yekutonga kwamambo, Chochkitam raive guta repakati nepakati rine zvivakwa zveveruzhinji. Vanhu vari pakati pe10,000 15,000 ne10,000 XNUMX vaigara muguta, uye vamwe XNUMX XNUMX vaigara munzvimbo dzakapoteredza.
Vatsvakurudzi vanoronga kuita ongororo yeDNA pazvisaririra zvakawanikwa muguva kuti vajekese kuti mambo ndiani. Kuchera kuri kuramba kuchienderera mberi, paine tarisiro yekufukunura pfuma yakavanzwa kubva muguta iri reMaya risinganzwisisike.
