Maya plumbing, first pressurized water feature found in New World
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 15:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A water feature found in the Maya city of Palenque, Mexico, is the earliest known example of engineered water pressure in the new world, according to a collaboration between two Penn State researchers, an archaeologist and a hydrologist. How the Maya used the pressurized water is, however, still unknown.