Tsohuwar wayewar Maya na ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa da wayewar wayewa a kowane lokaci. Tun daga gine-ginen da suke da ban mamaki har zuwa hadaddiyar al'ummarsu, Mayakan suna ci gaba da burge mu har yau. Kwanan nan, ta yin amfani da sabuwar fasahar LiDAR, masu bincike sun gano wani sabon shafin yanar gizon Maya a arewacin Guatemala wanda aka boye a fili tsawon ƙarni. Binciken ya ba da sabon haske a kan daya daga cikin wayewar kai mai ban sha'awa a tarihi, kuma ya bar masana ilmin kimiya na tarihi da na tarihi su yi mamakin binciken da aka yi.
a cikin wata sabon binciken da aka buga a cikin mujallar Tsohuwar Mesoamerica, Masu bincike daga jami'o'in Texas sun yi amfani da LiDAR, ko Laser-based Hoto, don buɗe ƙarin tarihin matsugunan Maya fiye da yadda aka sani a baya. Fasahar LiDAR ta kasance An fara amfani da shi a cikin 2018 don gano wani tsohon garin Mayan wanda aka boye a cikin kurmin dajin Guatemala tsawon shekaru aru-aru.
A wannan karon, fasahar gano hasken da na'urorin zamani sun huda ta cikin gandun dajin Mirador-Calakmul Karst da ke arewacin Guatemala don nuna cewa fiye da matsugunan 1,000 sun mamaye murabba'in mil 650, dukkansu suna da alaka da tafarki mai nisan mil 110 da mutanen Maya ke bi. ƙauyuka, birane, da cibiyoyin al'adu. Masanan sun bankado magudanan ruwa da tafkunan wucin gadi yadda ya kamata, suna nuna girman tsarin da wayewar Mayan ke aiwatarwa a lokacin tsaka-tsaki da kuma ƙarshen zamani na farko, wanda ya kai daga kusan 1000 BC zuwa 150 AD.
A cewar Carlos Morales-Aguilar, mawallafin marubucin da ya yaba daga Sashen Nazarin Geography da Muhalli a Jami'ar Texas a Austin, binciken da gaske "wani hangen nesa ne ga wani yanki wanda ke alfahari da babban matakin haɗin gwiwa na siyasa da tattalin arziki - wani ingancin da ya bayyana ya keɓanta ga yankin da ke cikin Yammacin Duniya." Don haka, binciken ya sami nasarar gabatar da cikakken bayyani game da yanayin yankin Maya.
Matsakaicin rukunin rukunin yanar gizon Maya da ke da alaƙa ta hanyar hanyoyin haifar da “shaɗin yanar gizo na hulɗar zamantakewa, siyasa, da tattalin arziƙi,” bisa ga binciken:
"Tsarin gine-ginen gine-gine, daidaitattun tsarin gine-gine, ƙayyadaddun iyakokin wurare, kula da ruwa / wuraren tattarawa, da kuma kilomita 177 (mil 110) na manyan hanyoyin da za a iya amfani da su suna ba da shawarar zuba jarurruka na aiki wanda ya saba wa ikon ƙungiyoyi na ƙananan hukumomi da kuma yiwuwar nuna dabarun gudanar da mulki a cikin lokaci na farko. .”
A cewar masu binciken da suka gudanar da binciken, yankin Mayan ya ba da daidaiton yanayin rayuwa mai kyau ga gine-gine da noma. Wannan binciken ba wai kawai yana haskaka girman wayewar Maya ba, har ma yana haskaka haɗakar da suke tsakanin al'adu da al'ummarsu.
A taƙaice, wannan gagarumin binciken Mayakan shaida ne na juriya da hazaka na waɗannan tsoffin mutane. Ta hanyar yin nazari sosai kan "rarrabuwar matsuguni, ci gaban gine-gine, da tarihin zamanin waɗannan rukunin yanar gizon, masana kimiyya sun gano wasu ƙayyadaddun dabarun gudanarwa da zamantakewa da tattalin arziƙi a cikin wani yanki da aka keɓe sarai."
Waɗannan binciken da gaske suna busa hankali, kuma suna ba da sabbin fahimta game da sarƙaƙƙiyar tarihi da nasarorin al'adu na Mayans. Tare da manya-manyan dala, zane-zane masu ban mamaki, da ci-gaban ilimin taurari, Mayans sun kasance tushen abin burgewa da ban mamaki, masu jan hankali tsararraki masu zuwa.
