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  • Paper: Ancient Maya reservoirs offer lessons for today’s water crises

    Oct 9, 2023 3:30 pm by Diana YatesCultural Exploration
    Professor Lisa Lucero. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Professor Lisa Lucero. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    The Maya built and maintained self-cleaning reservoirs that served urban populations over millennia. U. of I. anthropology professor Lisa Lucero writes that the water-related crises they faced hold lessons for today.