Maya Fish Traps in Belize
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•Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization
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Archaeologists have mapped channels and ponds in Belize 's Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary.
They used drones and Google Earth to map 108 kilometers of ancient channels that zigzag across 42 square kilometers of wetland.
Radiocarbon dating of material buried in the bottom of one channel suggests that the network has been around for at least 4,000 years .
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