I’m not reading the whole article but I wanted to see pictures. They have a picture with this caption: There are no pictures of the city but it had pyramid temples similar to this one in nearby Calakmul
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How do archaeologists use lidar data? Like is there some software they slap it into and it reveals these hidden signs?
They probably run some algorithms to look for straight lines and right angles to identify man made structure vs natural features.
Probably looking for different signatures than other surveyors do