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Good water supplies and the most successful ancient cultures go hand in hand.
Water is crucial for drinking and food preparation, but also for agriculture, cleaning and the production of countless materials, chemicals and much more.
In Mesoamerica , the Maya civilization created reservoirs with intricate canals to capture rainwater before the dry season started, as due to the karst landscape wells were not possible.
The presence of zeolite helped with filtering out sources like cyanobararar and toxins such as cinnabarar.
Mayan water reservoirs in Tikal were largely stagnant and used to clean water lilies ( nymphaea ampla ) This is reflected in the headdresses, architecture and other elements of Mayan culture where the clean water-loving water lily is prominently displayed and associated with prosperity and the leadership.
This healthy system did however begin to break down during the Late and Terminal Classic period, with the sediment record showing a gradual increase in contamination from cyanobacteria and human waste.
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