Reuben Arevalo
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 6 Aug
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Last time we came up here, we saw it instantly.
Yes, the river was the major trading route to bring stuff in and to take stuff out.
And a lot of stuff was even shared to other cities farther away from here.
I've been guiding for over 30 years in the country, but mainly Lamani.
It is, probably because I grew up in here.
A mixture of Maya and Spanish.
You're a mixture of Maya and Spanish?
Yes, I'm a mestizo.
Well, Lamana is very important because it was occupied for the longest.
We have basically like concrete evidence for about 3,000 years of occupation.
Well, they were just looking for specific things that they needed, you know, and finding fertile soil and fresh water was a plus.
And that's the reason they put a city in here.
We estimate a population of about 40,000 to 60,000 people just in here.
We have concrete evidence from 1500 BC till when archaeologists came here in 1974.
There were still a couple of families on site.
Really?
So the Spanish got to see it.
The British had to see it as well.
Yes, major cities were abandoned around 950 AD.
That's the collapse of the Maya, and that is because of a drought that started on the central lowlands and it was affecting everyone.
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