Our analysis not only revealed a picture of a region that was dense with settlements, but it also revealed a lot of variability. This discovery indicates that researchers are just beginning to scratch the surface of Maya civilization.
Because lidar allows us to map large areas very quickly, and at really high precision and levels of detail, that made us react, 'Oh wow, there are so many buildings out there we didn't know about.' The population must have been huge.
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