The research used 26 radiocarbon dates from test excavation sites in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS) the largest ...

A bird's-eye-view of South America's Yucatán Peninsula has revealed a massive 4,000-year-old fishery in Belize's largest ...

WASHINGTON — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central ...

An extensive network of ancient fish traps, dating back 4,000 years, was discovered in the wetlands of Belize's Crooked Tree ...

Roughly 4,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in Central America built a network of canals and ponds to trap fish. Their system could have captured enough seafood to feed 15,000 people each year, ...

Researchers doing reconnaissance in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary CTWS where they discovered evidence of a large-scale ...

Archaeologists have collected data which indicates the presence of a large-scale pre-Columbian fish-trapping facility. Discovered in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS), the largest inland ...

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant ...

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The team then conducted digs in Belize’s Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary. The ancient fish canals, paired with holding ponds, were used to channel and catch freshwater species such as catfish.

Earthen channels directed fish into ponds that formed seasonally, providing a dietary bounty for Maya civilizations starting around 4,000 years ago.