Avast! Sky-borne scallywags find ancient fish traps—4,000 years old! Even old Mayans knew how to snag dinner, arrr!
2024-11-24
Avast ye! Swabs of the soil in Central America be diggin’ up ancient fishin’ channels made by them Mayan sea dogs long before Columbus set sail. ‘Tis a right treasure of a find, fer sure! Fishin’ like pirates, they be! Har har har!
Ahoy, me hearties! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn o' ancient canals discovered in Belize, where the scallywags before the Mayans were catchin' fish like it be nobody's business! Aye, these canals be older than yer great-grandpappy's barn, built ‘round 2000 BCE, and they be sportin' a zigzag pattern like a drunken sailor on a wobbly ship!With the cunning use of drones and fancy Google Earth wizardry, the landlubbers of archaeology be uncoverin’ the earliest fish-trappin’ contraptions in all Mesoamerica. The authors of this grand tale, led by Eleanor Harrison-Buck, be sayin' these canals be a grand response to some climate shenanigans from long ago, ‘tween 2200 and 1900 BCE. Aye, it seems like the fish were runnin’ scared!
These fine folk used barbed spearpoints, tied to sticks along the canals, to snatch up them slippery creatures. And wouldn’t ye know it, the scholars be findin' that even the nomadic rascals were mighty skilled at changin' the landscape to suit their fishy needs! So, hoist the sails and give a toast to our ancient predecessors, who made their mark long before the Mayans danced around their pyramids!