Article: Lasers reveal Maya war ruins
“ARCHAEOLOGISTS GUIDED BY laser images of a remote region of northern Guatemala have discovered 20-foot-high walls, watchtowers, and other evidence that ancient Maya societies waged large-scale warfare over many years. The finds have upended long-established impressions of a civilization that tamed the jungle and built thriving cities, then declined and disappeared beneath the dense tropical forest.” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/03/lasers-reveal-maya-war-ruins/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/03/lasers-reveal-maya-war-ruins/
This RLE is based on whether or not knowledge claims always involve trust. Trust has a number of different aspects in this RLE:
- A lack of trust in earlier beliefs about the Mayans may have led researchers to search for new information and use new techniques
- How the knowledge framework in this AOK is linked to trust
- Whether or not other researcher who have conflicting views about the Mayans will trust and accept this new research