Aguada Fénix
- Date
- c. 1000-800 BCE · confidence high
- Place
- Tabasco, Mexico
- Credited to
- Takeshi Inomata
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Preclassic Maya ceremonial earthwork of earth and clay in Tabasco, Mexico, 1,400 m long; the oldest and largest known monumental structure of Maya civilization, found via aerial LIDAR survey and announced in 2020.
What it led to
- Revision of the origins of Maya civilization
- Extended use of LIDAR in Mesoamerican archaeology
- Discovery of other similar ceremonial complexes in the region
- Rethinking of Preclassic Maya social organization