A 4,000-year-old fishing canal network may have helped the rise of the Maya Civilization
An extensive network of ancient fish traps, dating back 4,000 years, was discovered in the wetlands of Belize's Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary. The findings, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, reveal that the semi-nomadic people who constructed this system may have laid the groundwork for the rise of the Maya civilization.
Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization
On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people.
Ancient Central Americans built a massive fish-trapping system
Earthen channels directed fish into ponds that formed seasonally, providing a dietary bounty for Maya civilizations starting around 4,000 years ago.
Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago
Earthen channels that span more than 640 kilometres show that pre-Mayan Mesoamericans built large-scale fish-trapping facilities earlier than previously thought
Earliest fish-trapping facility in Central America discovered in Maya lowlands
An archaeologist from the University of New Hampshire and her team have collected data which indicates the presence of a large-scale pre-Columbian fish-trapping facility. Discovered in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS),
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