Climatic and Environmental Variability in the Rise of Maya Civilization
A preliminary perspective from northern Peten
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7629067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard D Hansen (0000-0002-9903-3560, Institute for Anthropological Research, corresponding author), Steven R Bozarth (University of Kansas), Steven Bozarth, John Jacobs, John Jacob (0000-0003-3968-1731, Texas Sea Grant College Program), Diane Wahl (0000-0002-0451-3554, University of California, Berkeley), David Wahl, Thomas Schreiner (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 273-295 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ancient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956536102132093 |
| OpenAlex | W2133059277 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 2 |
Archaeological and ecological investigations in the Mirador Basin of northern Guatemala have recovered archaeological, phytolith, palynological, and pedological data relevant to the early occupation and development of Maya civilization in a specific environmental matrix. Fluctuation in vegetation types as evident in cores and archaeological profiles suggest that the seasonally wet, forested bajo environment currently found in the northern Peten was anciently more of a perennially wet marsh system that may have been heavily used and influenced by large Preclassic occupations. Data suggest that climatic and environmental factors correspond with the cultural process in the Mirador Basin, and research in progress is oriented to further elucidating these issues
Archaeology · Geography · Marsh · Maya · Palynology · Physical geography · Phytolith · Wetland · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology
Holocene vegetation change in the northern Peten and its implications for Maya Prehistory
A Tale of Two Collapses
The Rise of Formative-Period Complex Societies in the Northern Maya Lowlands
Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change
Kax and kol
Impacts of the ancient Maya on soils and soil erosion in the central Maya Lowlands
The Earliest Maya Farmers of Peten
Early State Formation in the Maya Lowlands in the Preclassic (1000 BCE - 150 CE)
The Dynamics of Human–Environment Interactions in the Collapse of the Classic Maya
The Nature and Origins of Linear Features in the Bajo de Azúcar, Guatemala
Soil resources of the Motul de San José Maya
Phytoliths and Terra Preta
Upland Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands
Dynamiques croisées des milieux et des sociétés dans les basses terres tropicales mayas
Late Classic Climate Change and Societal Response in the Maya Lowlands
In Search of Middle Preclassic Lowland Maya Ideologies
Origins of the Maya Forest Garden
Pine As An Element Of Household Refuse In The Fertilization Of Ancient Maya Agricultural Fields
Burnt lime production and the Pre-Columbian Maya socio-economy
Ancient soil resources of the Usumacinta River Region, Guatemala
Biosilicate analysis of residue in Maya dedicatory cache vessels from Blue Creek, Belize
Tikal timbers and temples
Ancient Maya wood selection and forest exploitation
Laguna de Términos/Río Candelaria Core
A Tale of Maize, Palm, and Pine
Understanding Ancient Maya Agricultural Terrace Systems through Lidar and Hydrological Mapping
Human niches, abandonment cycling, and climates
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2)
What Maya Collapse? Terminal Classic Variation in the Maya Lowlands
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1)
Palaeolimnological evidence of late-Holocene settlement and abandonment in the Mirador Basin, Peten, Guatemala
The Development of Landesque Capital in the Maya Lowlands During the Middle Preclassic
Rate and process of societal change in semitropical settings
Geoarchaeological Investigations in Mesoamerica Move into the 21st Century
Interpreting δ 13 C Values Obtained on SOM from Ancient Maya Reservoirs and Depressions
Ancient Maya Agricultural Installations and the Development of Intensive Agriculture in NW Belize
Assessing the Role of Preclassic Traditions in the Formation of Early Classic Yucatec Cultures, México
Lime Powder Production in the Maya Puuc Region (A.D. 600–950)
Ancient Maya water management, agriculture, and society in the area of Chactún, Campeche, Mexico
Heterarchical political ecology
LiDAR analyses in the contiguous Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin, Guatemala
Preclassic Maya Occupation of the Itzan Escarpment, Lower Río De La Pasión, Petén, Guatemala
Householders as Water Managers
Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Industries
Redes de afiliaciones socioculturales en El Tintal, Petén, Guatemala
On the absence of a millennial population rebound in the central Maya lowlands
Complexity and Sustainability
A Reassessment of Water and Soil Resources in the Flatlands of the Northern Maya Lowlands
Situating Power and Locating Knowledge
Calakmul
An Alternative Order
Settlement, Environment, and Politics in the San Bartolo-Xultun Territory, El Peten, Guatemala
The Hydroarchaeological Method
Using Multiple Lines of Evidence to Identify Prehispanic Maya Burnt-Lime Kilns in the Northern Yucatán Peninsula
Early Maya Adaptive Patterns
Reassessing San Estevan's Role in the Late Formative Political Geography of Northern Belize
Archaic Origins of the Lowland Maya
A Cosmology of Conservation in the Ancient Maya World
| Unique citing works | 58 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,32 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |