"There was an assumption that maybe this land was just not suitable ... to revise their estimates of the Maya population in 2018, following a round of lidar mapping work in Guatemala.

It has allowed scientists to scan large swaths of land from the comfort of a ... ongoing debates about the true extent of Maya settlements. "Because lidar allows us to map large areas very quickly ...

The use of lidar is revolutionizing Maya archaeology ... the telltale marks of looters, loggers, land-grabbers, and narco-traffickers who are laying siege to the second largest remaining tropical ...

lidar technology allows scientists to scan large swaths of land from the comfort of an office, uncovering anomalies in the landscape that often prove to be pyramids, family houses and other Maya ...

pottery and engravings that they believe date back to between 600 and 900 AD — known as the Late Classic Period in the Maya Civilization. “When we see the (LiDAR) images, we can see that there ...

Laser technology known as LiDAR digitally removes the forest canopy to reveal ancient ruins below, showing that Maya cities such ... trespassers burn and clear land for agriculture and human ...

The new LiDAR scans also highlight the connections between Maya settlements and hint at the complexity of Maya cities regardless of their size, said Carlos Morales-Aguilar, a landscape ...

The city features all the hallmarks of a Maya political capital ... three long strips of land and three larger rectangular ...

Lidar has revealed general features of interconnected Maya cities and extensive rural ... equal access to market products and agricultural land. New rulers who aligned themselves with powerful ...

The lush jungles of Mexico have revealed a hidden marvel: an ancient Maya city sprawling ... and degradation, this Lidar ...