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Re:Sprawling Mayan network discovered under Guatemala jungle by vosper on Friday February 02, 2018 @12:23PM (#16292258)
I'm reading "Lost City of the Monkey God" by Douglas Preston right now. It's been a highly entertaining first-hand account of (what I think was) the first use of LIDAR for archaeology in the jungles of Central America, and the ground exploration that followed. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's interested in this story.

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01G1K1RTA

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Re:Sprawling Mayan network discovered under Guatemala jungle by defen on Friday February 02, 2018 @12:31PM (#16292331)
You might also be interested in "Breaking the Maya Code" which is a great historical account of the decipherment of Maya script.

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Maya-Code-Third-Michael/dp/0...

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Re:Sprawling Mayan network discovered under Guatemala jungle by jpm_sd on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:15PM (#16292723)
I loved this book! I think any software engineer would enjoy it.
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Re:Sprawling Mayan network discovered under Guatemala jungle by cr0sh on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:30PM (#16292884)
I just started reading this book last night (my wife listened to the audiobook version several months ago, which caught my interest). Strange how these things "come together"...
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Re:Sprawling Mayan network discovered under Guatemala jungle by jacquesm on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:23PM (#16293904)
That's more of a reflection of how big HN has become than anything else.
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Re:Sprawling Mayan network discovered under Guatemala jungle by kilroy123 on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:44PM (#16293048)
I appreciate you using a smile.amazon link.
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Re:Sprawling Mayan network discovered under Guatemala jungle by DrScump on Friday February 02, 2018 @09:00PM (#16295709)
I'm guessing you were downvoted by mistake.

The smile links are not affiliate links for individuals, they are for directing part of the proceeds to the specific charity of the buyer's choice.

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