To feed the ancient city of Holmul, the Maya turned a swamp into a breadbasket. But at least some of their precursors may have made it big on fish, not grain. The common feature, though ...

Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, ...

continued to be used by their Mayan descendants until around 200 CE. "This is the earliest large-scale Archaic fish-trapping facility recorded in ancient Mesoamerica," the study authors wrote in ...

Archaeologists Discover 4,000-Year-Old Canals Used to Fish by Predecessors of Ancient Maya WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering ...

WASHINGTON — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan Peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery ...