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 prescribed title is focused on differentiating between change and progress within an AOK. This RLE can work for May 2021 TOK Prescribed title #2 in the following ways:
- Whether changing beliefs about the Mayans are progress or not
- Whether changes in methodology in archaeology are progress or not
- How present-day Mayans view the changes in view of their culture and if they see it as progress or not