We watched this last night. The implications of this technology lives up to its billing. This seems to completely transform the understanding of Mayan culture, especially in the size and nature of its population and cities.

Evidence of fortifications itself seems to transform the understanding of the Mayans internal wars and conflicts.

Fascinating stuff, and they've barely started.

Given the size of their cities and given how disruptive humans can be to the environment (turning plains into deserts, jungle into plains), I wonder what the landscape was like at the time... if they had converted land to plains, only to have the jungle overtake it after the Mayans left.

If memory serves, they indicated that Mayan culture may have been about 1/3 that of Europe at the time in 20% of the space.

Guatemala's Maya Society Featured Huge 'Megalopolis,' LiDAR Data Show