Just as Tikal dominated the Maya lowlands for centuries, it has dominated Maya archaeology since the 1950s. The sprawling city once had a population approaching 60,000, and its elegant buildings ...

"This is the earliest large-scale Archaic fish-trapping facility recorded in ancient Mesoamerica," the team ... that later came to dominate the Maya Lowlands in Central America and modern-day ...

The Religion and Politics in Formative Period Mesoamerica Project was begun in 2012 and is directed ... Valley of Oaxaca, Gulf coast lowlands, and the Soconusco coast (i.e., the Pacific coast of ...