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ARCHÆOLOGY.
- Source :
- Fortean Times; Feb2021, Issue 402, p12-13, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES ANDANTIQUITIES PAUL SIEVEKING surveys some unusual finds, from anancient sword to some vitrified brain tissue MAYAN KNOW-HOW The water filtration system in the Maya cityof Tikal is the earliest known of its kind.Researchers recently discovered a volcanicmineral that captures microbes and heavymetals in one of Tikal's largest reservoirs. Closerinspection showed the quartz was dottedwith even smaller crystals of zeolites, acrystalline compound consisting of siliconand aluminium. Both quartz and zeolite crystals are usedin modern water filtration. [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- FACIAL bones
NATIVE element minerals
WATER filtration
ARCHAEOLOGY
POROUS metals
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03085899
- Issue :
- 402
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Fortean Times
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 148194089