Chitukuko chakale cha Amaya ndi chimodzi mwa zitukuko zochititsa chidwi komanso zodabwitsa kwambiri m'mbiri yonse. Kuyambira pa kamangidwe kake kochititsa kaso mpaka m’dera lawo lovuta kumva, Amaya akupitiriza kutikopa ndi kutichititsa chidwi mpaka pano. Posachedwa, pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo waposachedwa wa LiDAR, ofufuza apeza malo atsopano a Maya kumpoto kwa Guatemala omwe anali atabisika kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Kutulukira kumeneku kwaunikira kwatsopano pa chimodzi mwa zitukuko zochititsa chidwi kwambiri m’mbiri, ndipo kwasiya akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ndi akatswiri a mbiri yakale akudabwa ndi zinthu zodabwitsa zimene apeza.
mu phunziro latsopano lofalitsidwa m'magazini Mesoamerica Akale, ofufuza ochokera ku mayunivesite aku Texas adagwiritsa ntchito LiDAR, kapena kujambula pogwiritsa ntchito laser, kuti atsegule mbiri ya kukhazikika kwa Maya kuposa kale lonse. Tekinoloje ya LiDAR inali idagwiritsidwa ntchito koyamba mu 2018 kuwulula mzinda wina wakale wa Mayan amene anali atabisidwa m’nkhalango zowirira za ku Guatemala kwa zaka mazana ambiri.
Panthawiyi, kuzindikira kuwala ndi teknoloji yamitundu yosiyanasiyana kunadutsa m'nkhalango ya Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin kumpoto kwa Guatemala kusonyeza kuti midzi yoposa 1,000 inali ndi makilomita pafupifupi 650, onse okhudzana ndi mtunda wa makilomita 110 omwe Amaya ankakonda kuyenda. midzi, mizinda, ndi malo a chikhalidwe. Akatswiriwa adavumbulutsa bwino misewu yamadzi ndi mabeseni opangira, kutsimikizira kukula kwa dongosolo lomwe chitukuko cha Mayan chinakhazikitsidwa m'nthawi yapakati komanso mochedwa, kuyambira cha m'ma 1000 BC mpaka 150 AD.
Malinga ndi Carlos Morales-Aguilar, mlembi wina wochokera ku dipatimenti ya Geography and Environment ku yunivesite ya Texas ku Austin, kafukufukuyu anali "chithunzi chochititsa chidwi cha dera lomwe limadzitamandira kwambiri pazandale ndi zachuma - khalidwe limene linkaoneka kukhala lapadera kudera la Kumadzulo kwa Dziko Lapansi.” Chifukwa chake, kafukufukuyu adapereka chithunzithunzi chokwanira cha malo onse a chigawo cha Maya.
Kuchulukirachulukira kwamasamba amtundu wa Maya omwe amalumikizidwa ndi misewu kumapanga "mawebusayiti okhudzana ndi chikhalidwe, ndale, ndi zachuma," malinga ndi kafukufukuyu:
"Zomangamanga zazikulu, mawonekedwe osasinthika, malire a malo, kasamalidwe ka madzi / malo osonkhanitsira, ndi ma kilomita 177 (makilomita 110) amisewu yokwezeka kwambiri ikuwonetsa kusungitsa ndalama zomwe zimasemphana ndi luso la bungwe la malingaliro ang'onoang'ono komanso kuwonetsa njira zaulamuliro munthawi yakale. .”
Malinga ndi ofufuza omwe adachita kafukufukuyu, dera la Mayan lidapereka mwayi wokhala ndi moyo wabwino kwambiri pakumanga ndi ulimi. Kupeza kumeneku sikungowonetsa kukula kwa chitukuko cha Amaya, komanso kuwunikira kugwirizana kwawo kodabwitsa pakati pa chikhalidwe chawo ndi chikhalidwe chawo.
Mwachidule, kutulukira kodabwitsa kwa Amaya kumeneku ndi umboni wa kulimba mtima ndi nzeru za anthu akalewa. Popenda mosamalitsa "kugawanika kwa malo okhala, kupitiliza kwa kamangidwe kake, ndi kutsatizana kwa nthawi kwa malowa, asayansi apeza umboni wa njira zapamwamba kwambiri zoyendetsera ntchito ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu m'dera lomwe likufotokozedwa momveka bwino."
Zomwe zapezedwazi ndizodabwitsa kwambiri, ndipo zimapereka chidziwitso chatsopano chambiri yakale ndi chikhalidwe cha Amaya. Ndi mapiramidi awo aatali, zojambulajambula, ndi chidziwitso chapamwamba cha zakuthambo, Amaya akadali magwero a chidwi ndi odabwitsa, olimbikitsa mibadwo yamtsogolo.
