Cited as the latest in a revolution is technology using lasers strapped to a plane and flown back and forth across the jungle to "see" beneath the trees and to see long covered and overgrown pyramids. Caracol, which is in the Belize lowlands, was long rumored to be an ancient Maya site, but evidence was hard to come by as the area was so covered by trees and other vegetation. Traditional mapping technologies do not work in this type of environment as the tree lines are so thick. This new technology will revolutionize archeology much as Carbon 14 dating did in the last generation. This type of mapping yields a 3D view of the landscape instead of a regular 2D view.
Highly recommended reading: Ancient Maya City discovered with Laser Mapping
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