The new finds exposing unseen cities underground in Guatemala, the Yucatan and Peru (satellite images of vegetation above buried cities are distinct from the surrounding jungle. Source, more) raise a strange new hypothesis; did the natives of central and south america just walk in to existing cities? No. They seemed to rebuild many parts of the city every 52 years (maya calendar) or was it as leaders changed? They used limestone because it is relatively easy to carve in a quarry and it hardens once in place.
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Chart from "The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas"
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Spectacular Mayan 18 m Mural Discovered By Accident
