kannin Posted June 27, 2013 #1 Share Posted June 27, 2013 BYU soil scientists work at the ancient Maya location near Tikal, Guatemala. CREDIT: BYU View full size image The traces of ancient corn farms could reveal how many people lived in a legendary Maya city, a new study suggests. The pyramid-filled Maya site of Tikal in Guatemala is one of the largest archaeological complexes in Central America. The vast city-state had a long run, flourishing from roughly 600 B.C. until A.D. 900 when the Maya civilization mysteriously collapsed. A group of scientists recently revisited the site, not to hunt for lost treasures or artifacts, but to look for clues in the soil chemistry that might reveal the population of Tikal in its prime. http://www.livescience.com/37773-ancient-maya-farms-population.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted June 29, 2013 #2 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I am gonna say more than 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted June 29, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I am gonna say more than 1. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted June 29, 2013 #4 Share Posted June 29, 2013 neat article. this isn't the type of research that gets most people all excited, but i'm personally more interested in the lives of ordinary people in the past, and with so few records that talk about them, looking at what they ate, how and where is the best way to find out something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted June 29, 2013 #5 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Well, there are an estimated 6 million of them now. To have done all that they did, building monuments, growing food for the cities, etc., there had to be a good-sized population back then. I am more interested in the common folk, too, than in the rulers. If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I'm pretty sure I was always a peasant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash68 Posted June 29, 2013 #6 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I love all history but being working class I always want to know about the **** end of societies as I feel closer to them being an arsender myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Weiss Posted June 29, 2013 #7 Share Posted June 29, 2013 1,831,396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted June 30, 2013 #8 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Iam going to say 1 million people there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted June 30, 2013 #9 Share Posted June 30, 2013 144,000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted June 30, 2013 #10 Share Posted June 30, 2013 such fascinating and constructive contributions to the conversation! (now where's that tag for intense, withering sarcasm?) seriously though, did anyone actually read the linked paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted June 30, 2013 #11 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I wonder why civilization emrged in Yucantan and not in Amazonia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted June 30, 2013 #12 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) 144,000 You dont think they were all saints? Edited June 30, 2013 by the L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted June 30, 2013 #13 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I read it. It would be rude to reply if I hadn't read it. You made me go out and buy the National Geographic special issue on the Mayan civilization today, kannin. Piqued the interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 1, 2013 Author #14 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I read it. It would be rude to reply if I hadn't read it. You made me go out and buy the National Geographic special issue on the Mayan civilization today, kannin. Piqued the interest. im glad I could! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash68 Posted July 2, 2013 #15 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 2, 2013 Author #16 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Alot serious comments please thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted July 3, 2013 #17 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) Good Question kannin. according to these two websites: http://www.britannic...cle-9051572 "The peak Mayan population may have reached two million people" http://www.history.c......opics/maya " At its peak, the Maya population may have reached 2,000,000. people" .. Other sources/sites said 14 million , 20 million, and 22 million. ^ 2 million seems low? ..just doesn't sound right at all. so.. ashven's estimate is the closest so far Edited July 3, 2013 by lightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 3, 2013 Author #18 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Good Question kannin. according to these two websites: http://www.britannic...cle-9051572 "The peak Mayan population may have reached two million people" http://www.history.c......opics/maya " At its peak, the Maya population may have reached 2,000,000. people" .. Other sources/sites said 14 million , 20 million, and 22 million. ^ 2 million seems low? ..just doesn't sound right at all. so.. ashven's estimate is the closest so far touche on your smart A** remark lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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