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Plumbing the ancient Mayan plumbing Historians tell us the Spanish introduced pressurized water systems to the New World. But a new study indicates that the Maya were building pressurized pipes between about 450 and 50 !"# in $alen%ue# a ma&or Mayan city in modern'day Me(ico. )he Maya built a large number o* cities in the + u catan# ,uatemala and Belize# be*ore their cities were suddenly and mysteriously abandoned around -00. )he Maya# whose descendants still lie in the region# wrote with hieroglyphs# had e(tensie /nowledge o* astronomy# and their economy was strong enough to support cities such as $alen%ue# hichen 1tza and obal. 2ntil now# nobo dy had *ound eidence *or pre' Spanish pressurized water in the New Wo rld# say the two authors o* the new s tudy . )he eidence ta/es the *orm o* a narrow constriction in the underground $iedras Bolas a%ueduct that routed water *rom a spring into $alen%ue. 2nli/e many Mayan cities# $alen%ue was built in low mountains# with only about 3#300 hectares o* reasonably *lat land. 2ntamed streams would gobble aluable real estate# so the Maya built limestone conduits to rout water through the city. 1n some cases# the Maya plastered the inside o* conduits with stucco to preent lea/s. !nd li/e modern builders# they Maya coered the conduits with stones that paed city streets and plazas. Streaming, but not video )he suggestie constriction was si( meters below the spring that supplied the stone pipe# and that height di**erential put the water under pressure# says co'author hristopher "u**y # a pro*essor o* ciil and enironmental engineering at $enn State 2niersity . )he sy stem is analogous to a modern water distribution system. )he water tower produces a hydraulic head#6 or water pressure. )he pipes go underground# and bac/ up into the home# where water *lows under pressure.7

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