Okwamanje akukwazi ukwenaba ngemizila elandelwa abathengisi baseMayan, ngoba lokhu kudinga ucwaningo oluningi, zombili izindawo zemivubukulo ezisendaweni kanye nezimo zokuma komhlaba nokwakheka komhlaba.
Izindawo ezahlukahlukene ezihlala amaMaya, noma kunjalo, ukuhamba ngemifula yezwe labo ngohlobo lwezikebhe abazisebenzisile, kusivumela ukuthi sibhekane nobunzima obekufanele babhekane nabo, ngoba kusobala ukuthi esimweni imizila yemifula, lapho umsinga unamandla khona, indlela esetshenzisiwe bekungafanele ifane nasendleleni yokuphuma njengasendleleni ebuyayo.
Amadolobha axhumene
Iningi lamasayithi wangaphambi kweSpanishi asesigodini sase-Usumacinta, okubandakanya ingxenye yeChiapas kanye neTabasco, afinyelela kuma-apogee awo ngasekupheleni kwe-Classic (600 kuya ku-900 AD). Phakathi kwabo kukhona labo besifunda iLacandona, iYaxchilán nePiedras Negras, bonke abasondele emfuleni; futhi ngokuhlangana okuqondile iPalenque neBonampak (kungaba ngemithelo noma ngokufinyelela imingcele yendawo yabo kuyo), ukubalula abadume kakhulu.
Ngakho-ke, ngokususelwa ekuzulazuleni esikwenze engxenyeni emaphakathi ye-Usumacinta, singasho ukuthi ngasogwini lomfula kunamabhishi lapho kulula khona ukungena echwebeni futhi lawo asetshenziswa amaMayan impela, ngoba isifunda besinabantu abaningi. futhi kwakungagcini lapho izindawo esasivakashela kuzo iLacantún, Planchón de las Figuras, Yaxchilán nePiedras Negras zitholakala.
Izingxenye ezinzima kakhulu yilezo lapho kwakhiwa khona izimbobo nama-rapids, njengalezo ezikhona emnyango nasekuphumeni kweSan José Canyon, ngaphambi kwePiedras Negras, okuyindlela, okuyisiza esingajwayelekile, ngenxa yenani lezikhumbuzo equkethe imibhalo ebhaliwe nokuthi lapho ihlanganiswa kanye naleyo etholakala kusayithi elingumakhelwane, kodwa hhayi umngane, weYaxchilán, okunezelwa kuyo lawo atholakala kwamanye amasayithi amancane atholakala ezindaweni zombili, ngakho-ke angaphansi kulaba, bavumele ukwazi ingxenye enhle yomlando wazo zombili izingosi nesifunda. Ngakho-ke, ubunzima bemvelo obutholakala kuyo yonke imifula buhlanganiswa nalabo bezombusazwe nezenhlalo. Impela, i-Yaxchilán, inikezwe indawo yayo, kumele ngabe ilawula iningi lomzila we-Usumacinta osuka ePetén, ngenkathi iPiedras Negras, indawo yokungena nokuphuma kweCanyon, kanye nomzila womhlaba ovimbele ukuzulazula kwama-rapids, kepha kulokhu , kufanele ukuthi wayephethe izindawo zakhe nhlangothi zombili zomfula.
I-Yaxchilán kumele ibe nobudlelwano obuhle nezindawo zaseLacandona, imikhiqizo yayo eyayingathuthwa iye lapho kutholakala khona iPlanchón de las Figuras, osebeni loMfula iLacantún futhi ifinyeleleka kalula kusuka emizileni emithathu yamanzi. Kodwa-ke, kuzodingeka ukuthi kulindwe ukuthi kwenziwe uphenyo olufanele kule ndawo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lusebenza njengechweba lokushintshisana ngokuhweba, kanye nokunquma izindawo ezilawulwa yimibuso yaseYaxchilán nasePiedras Negras.
Ngakho konke lokhu, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi lo mzila wenziwe ngendlela ehlangene yamanzi omhlaba, ukugwema ukulahlekelwa yizimpilo nezimpahla lapho kudlula ama-rapids; Ngakho-ke, abagwedli baba abagibeli njengoba imithombo ibonisa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngicabanga ukuthi umzila wokuya nokubuya bekungafanele ufane, ngoba kuyacaca ukuthi awufani ukugwedla umfula njengakuwo.
