An anomalous Maya citadel

Posted On: Apr 3rd, 2015 at 12:37

Mexico.
An anomalous Maya citadel.
Why is it an anomaly? The clue is in the above line – the Maya never built citadels, they built cities. This is the first example of a defensive wall surrounding a Maya city (that I know of). The new technology of LIDAR is revealing so many new places than were previously known, as I have mentioned in previous posts. What we will probably find out now is that some other Maya cities had a defensive wall, but I doubt it was many of them. The Maya controlled such a huge area with pretty much no concern for enemies that there was never any need for defensive walls. Once they’d created their huge empire all other tribes were pacified and created no threat. That was until, of course, the Spanish arrived in the early 16th Century and finally conquered them nearly two centuries later in 1697.
Thank you to Mark Johnson for sending this link.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/ancient-maya-citadel-discovered-belize-anomaly-002835