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pointed the way to three possible new house sites. Later drilling turned up the floors of houses at two of the three points, indicating the site is on the edge of a Maya village.
Although El Salvador’s volatile political climate has kept Sheets from returning, he hopes eventually to excavate large trenches to uncover houses and agricultural fields. By locating skeletons of victims, he expects to determine what the people were doing when Laguna Caldera erupted and whether the fateful moment came at night or day.
And by comparing the number of people per household with the size of farms, he might find out whether the typical Maya family supported itself on the fruits of its backyard garden or whether the agricultural ventures were part of a more complex, interdependent society.
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