Artificial plateau construction during the Preclassic period at the Maya site of Ceibal, Guatemala.

Investigations at the Maya site of Ceibal, Guatemala, documented an artificial plateau, measuring 600 x 340 m in horizontal dimensions and 6 to 15 m in height. Unlike highly visible pyramids, such horizontally extensive constructions covered by the rainforest are difficult to recognize on the ground...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Inomata, Daniela Triadan, Flory Pinzón, Kazuo Aoyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221943