Question

How might have the rainforest affected the preservation of Maya cities?

Answer 1

The ancient Maya lived deep within the tropical rainforest, which was a source of food, medicine and building materials. Between 2400 and 2000 BCE, small groups began to regularly plant fields in the jungle, increasingly switching to crops for subsistence.

Answer 2

After the Amazon, Mesoamerica’s Maya Forest is the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Americas. The 13.3-million-acre forest stretches across Belize, north­ern Guatemala, and through Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Its extensive and diverse forests provide refuge for countless rare and endangered species like the white-lipped peccary, tapir, scarlet macaw, harpy eagle, and howler monkey. One can often spot jaguar tracks on the forest floor. It is one of the few places on Earth where five large cat species live — jaguar, puma, ocelot, jaguarondi, and margay. The Maya Forest harbors up to 400 species of birds, and in peak winter migratory months as many as several million birds rest in the area. lamination: