July 17, 2012

UC Research Reveals Largest Ancient Dam Built by Maya in Central America




UC Research Reveals Largest Ancient Dam Built by Maya in Central America

UC research to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals new details about sustainable water and land management among the ancient Maya, including identifying the largest ancient dam built by the Maya in Central America.

Date: 7/16/2012 3:00:00 PM
Recent excavations, sediment coring and mapping by a multi-university team led by the University of Cincinnati at the pre-Columbian city of Tikal, a paramount urban center of the ancient Maya, have identified new landscaping and engineering feats, including the largest ancient dam built by the Maya of Central America.

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