The archaeologist Takeshi Inomata and his team have launched a new study of ancient settlements in western Guatemala and southern Mexico. She revealed the existence of 478 hidden Mayan complexes. Most of the structures appear to be based on a prototype city already built around 1400 ans av. J.-C..
The team used the technology deal, for « light detection and ranging ». The results of this laser detection approach suggest that many of these complexes were constructed according to the Sunrise. The point is that in astronomy, the Mayans had their very precise ideas about the Earth, the movement of the sun and the other planets..
They had invented two calendars at the time, including the Tzolk’ in 260 days and the Haab 365 days. The spectacular construction also referred to the name 20 which happens to be at the very foundation of the Mayan calendars.
The number 20 being the vigesimal numbering of the Mayas
Both of these Mayan calendars used repetitive cycles of 20 to count the days. However, Inomata and his colleagues discovered that the city builders were already using the same counting system. It even appears that these newly discovered Mayan sites are more recent than the calendar, because they would date from there. 250 years after J.-C.. It would therefore be highly probable that these cities were built at the height of civilization.
The famous Olmec sites, including San Lorenzo et Aguada Fénix, perhaps also used the system of timing based on multiples of 20. Indeed, it could be that the Mayan calendars were already used in projects of construction before 1000 BC. J.-C ..
More mysteries to be unraveled about the Mayans?
According to Inomata, the sites studied tend to line up following sunrise and its Zénith passage. Archaeologists believe then architects may have counted down until the passage of the zenith. They would surely have used the notions of calendar time of their city centers.
In addition, researchers have argued that the Mayans eventually influenced by the Olmecs in the construction of the large San Lorenzo. This city reached its peak between 1400 and 115 BC. J.-C.
“There are still several unclear questions about the timing of the development and excavation is still needed. “
Inomata
Indeed, there is still an unstudied area extending over 84 516 km².
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