Impucuko yamaMaya yasendulo ingenye yezimpucuko ezithakazelisa kakhulu nezingaqondakali ezake zaba khona. Kusukela ekwakhiweni kwawo okumangalisayo kuya emphakathini wawo oyinkimbinkimbi, amaMaya asaqhubeka esithatha futhi esithakasela kuze kube namuhla. Muva nje, besebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bakamuva be-LiDAR, abacwaningi bathole indawo entsha yamaMaya enyakatho yeGuatemala ebifihlwe ngokusobala amakhulu eminyaka. Lokhu okutholakele kuye kwanikeza ukukhanya okusha kwenye yempucuko ethakazelisa kakhulu emlandweni, futhi kushiye abavubukuli nezazi-mlando bemangele ngokutholwa okumangalisayo okwenziwe.
Phakathi ku ucwaningo olusha olushicilelwe emaphephandabeni I-Mesoamerica yasendulo, abacwaningi abavela emanyuvesi ase-Texas basebenzisa i-LiDAR, noma imaging esekelwe nge-laser, ukuze bavule umlando omningi wokuhlala kwamaMaya kunanini ngaphambili. Ubuchwepheshe be-LiDAR babu yaqala ukusetshenziswa ngo-2018 ukwembula elinye idolobha lasendulo laseMayan okwase kungamakhulu eminyaka ifihlwe ehlathini elicinene laseGuatemala.
Ngalesi sikhathi, ukutholwa kokukhanya kanye nobuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene kubhoboze i-Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin enamahlathi amakhulu enyakatho yeGuatemala ukukhombisa ukuthi izindawo zokuhlala ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 zithatha cishe amakhilomitha-skwele angama-650, zonke zixhumene nemigwaqo engamamayela ayi-110 abantu baseMaya ababeyisebenzisa ukuhamba kwabo. izindawo zokuhlala, amadolobha, nezikhungo zamasiko. Izazi zembula ngempumelelo izindlela zamanzi nezitsha zokwenziwa, ezigcizelela ubukhulu bohlelo olwasetshenziswa impucuko yamaMaya phakathi nenkathi yangaphambi kwesikhathi ephakathi nendawo, kusukela ngo-1000 BC kuya ku-150 AD.
NgokukaCarlos Morales-Aguilar, omunye umbhali ophuma eMnyangweni wezeJografi kanye nezeMvelo eNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Austin, lolu cwaningo “beluwumbono ophusile wesifunda esasiziqhayisa ngezinga eliyingqayizivele lokuhlangana kwezepolitiki nezomnotho - imfanelo eyayibonakala iyingqayizivele endaweni eseNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe.” Ngakho-ke, ucwaningo lwethula ngempumelelo umbono obanzi wayo yonke indawo yesifunda samaMaya.
Ukuhlangana kwamasayithi e-Maya akudala axhunywe yi-causeways kwenza "iwebhu yokusebenzelana okushiwo kwezenhlalo, ezombusazwe, nezomnotho," ngokusho kocwaningo:
“Izakhiwo eziyisikhumbuzo, amafomethi ezakhiwo angaguquki, imingcele ethile yezindawo, izindawo zokuphatha/zokuqoqwa kwamanzi, kanye namakhilomitha angu-177 (amamayela angu-110) wemigwaqo ephakeme yangaphambili ephakamisa ukutshalwa kwezimali kwabasebenzi okwephula amandla enhlangano ezinqubomgomo ezincane futhi okungenzeka kuveze amasu okuphatha esikhathini sangaphambi kwesikhathi. .”
Ngokusho kwabacwaningi abenza lolu cwaningo, isifunda saseMayan sinikeze ibhalansi yezimo zokuphila ezingcono kakhulu zokwakha kanye nokulima. Lokhu kutholakala akugcini nje ngokugqamisa izinga lempucuko yamaMaya, kodwa futhi kukhanyisa ukuxhumana kwabo okuyinkimbinkimbi phakathi kwamasiko nomphakathi wabo.
Kafushane, lokhu kutholwa kwamaMayan okumangalisayo kuwubufakazi bokuqina nobuhlakani balaba bantu basendulo. Ngokuhlaziya ngokucophelela “ukusatshalaliswa kwezindawo zokuhlala, ukuqhubeka kwezakhiwo, kanye nokulandelana kwezikhathi kwalezi zindawo, ososayensi bathole ubufakazi bamasu asezingeni eliphakeme okuphatha kanye nenhlalo-mnotho endaweni echazwe ngokucacile.”
Lokhu okutholakele kuhlaba umxhwele ngempela, futhi kuhlinzeka ngemininingwane emisha ngomlando oyinkimbinkimbi kanye nempumelelo yamasiko yamaMeya. Ngemibhoshongo yawo emide, imisebenzi yobuciko eyinkimbinkimbi, nolwazi oluthuthukisiwe lwezinkanyezi, amaMayans asewumthombo wokuthakazelisa nezimangaliso, ezikhuthazayo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
