The Lost Mayan city, which with the help of satellite imagery found a Canadian student, proved hemp field. At least, this version was voiced by Jeffrey Brasvell University of California at San Diego. According to Wired, Brasvell and his students worked in the area.
They immediately recognized the terrain, imprinted on the photos from a satellite, the newspaper notes. Archaeologists explained that one of the pictures shows a hemp field, or the field, overgrown with weeds, and the other – a dried swamp. However, Brasvell does not deny that in the region there are interesting for science facilities.
Earlier it was reported that 15-year-old William Gaduri discovered the relationship between the position of the stars and the location of cities in Mayan in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador . Based on his theory, he calculated the position of the “Lost” of the city, and then found this place on satellite photographs. The youth was even invited to the National Space Agency of Canada, to discuss his discovery. But many reacted to discoveries Gaduri skeptical.
The young man said that he wondered why the Indians possessed their cities in remote areas in the jungle, away from the river. He explained the unusual choice depending on the position of the stars. Experts also believe that the Maya, although they were good astronomers, still guided by other principles, choosing the location for the construction.
The American anthropologist David Stuart called the news of the discovery Gaduri “horrible example of pseudoscience, sent to float freely in Internet “.
” Maya did not build the city, depending on the constellations Search similar patterns -. all like to look at pictures of the Rorschach test, because the Indian city as the stars are located everywhere – Stewart said -. Square which is visible in the picture with Google Earth, really made a man, but it’s just an abandoned cornfield. “
with Stewart agreed his colleague Thomas Harrison. “I applaud the researches of this young man’s great to watch such an interest in the young man to the ancient Mayan and satellite technology, however, important in such studies -.. This is the work on the site is only through field research, you can check what is shown in the picture.”, – The anthropologist said <. / p>
Harrison cited satellite photos areas in Guatemala, where he has worked. The picture is similar to the one that studied the young Canadian, and it just shows the cornfield. The field, which was mistaken for a part of the mysterious city, according to the scientist, was abandoned 10-15 years ago, says Gizmodo.
Researcher of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography at Harvard University and a lecturer at the Department of Anthropology Alexander Tokovinin also considered the theory of the Canadian student untenable
. “The ancient Maya were not stellar and maps in our understanding there are rules that make modern cards, and Maya might not know them -. the expert said,” the BBC Russian service. “- that is, they would not be able to build their city in a sequence that is both consistent with our star and the maps “.
Tokovinin added that he did not want to upset William Gaduri, and expressed the hope that the criticism of scientific community will not force the boy to throw the investigation.
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