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Although the Maya sites in northern Belize have been the
source of a number of the most important archeological finds in the
Maya world, they are not (with the exception of Lamanai) as
monumentally spectacular as those in the Yucatán.
The area around Orange Walk has some of the most productive arable
farmland in Belize, and this was also the case in Maya times -
aerial surveys in the late 1970s revealed evidence of raised fields
and a network of irrigation canals, showing that the Maya practiced
skilful intensive agriculture.
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In
the Post classic era this region controlled the trade in cacao beans
(used as currency by the Maya) that were grown in the Hondo and New
river valleys. For a while the Maya here were even able to resist
the conquistadors, and Maya rebellions continued long after nominal
Spanish rule had been established in 1544. |
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