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Mayans converted wetlands to farmland

The sophistication of the civilization's agricultural systems rivalled their pyramids.

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  1. Beach, T. et al. Catena advance online publication doi:10.1016/j.catena.2010.08.014 (2010).

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Mascarelli, A. Mayans converted wetlands to farmland. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.587

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