A major discovery, the history of Mayan civilization advances 1,000 years
Archaeologists have discovered large ruins of Indian cities dating from 1000~800 BC in Mexico. The news was published in June in the prestigious journal Nature.
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The site of Aguada Fenix (Tabasco, Mexico) has been detected by airborne lidar and has an artificial plateau on the ground, 1,400 meters long and 10 to 15 meters high, from which nine causeways radiate. Using Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dating, scientists date the discovery to between 1000 BC and 800 BC.
Phoenix Mayan Cultural Complex
As far as we know, this is the oldest monumental structure found in the Maya region and the largest in the entire pre-colonial period of the region.
A huge Mayan city hidden under the jungles of Guatemala
The starting point of the Mayan civilization is located in 1500 BC, that is, during the Xia and Shang periods on the mainland. But during this period, the Mayans were still living in a very primitive stage that could not be compared with us. However, this latest finding suggests that we are clearly underestimating the level of social development of the Maya during that period.
Mayan pyramids
Although the site shares some similarities with the early Olmec center of San Lorenzo, the Aguada Fenix neighborhood may not have had a similar stage of development to the San Lorenzo community, such as full class differentiation. Aguada Fenix and other architectural complexes from the same period show the importance of large public facilities such as altars in the early development of the Mayan civilization.