Lydie Dussol
Biographic Data
| ID | 3798034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lydie Dussol |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lydie |
| FAMILY NAME | Dussol |
| SIGNATURE | DUSSOL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Archéologie des Amériques |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0423-6881 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Archaeological charcoals from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras, reveal the 10,000 year-long postglacial ecological dynamics of the Central American pine–oak forest
Present-day vegetation in the Central American highlands is dominated by pine–oak forests, whose postglacial and Holocene ecological dynamics remain poorly understood. El Gigante Rockshelter (1300 masl, La Paz, Honduras), with its exceptionally long occupation history starting from the Paleoindian period, allows us to examine these dynamics using archaeological charcoal. We present a detailed wood anatomical analysis of 24 taxa from 1401 charcoal…
Wetland landscapes in the Southern Maya Lowlands (Naachtun, Guatemala) from the ancient agroecosystems to the tropical biosphere reserve: Ecology, exploitation and management of water and soil resourc…
In the Biosphere Reserve of the Maya Lowlands, the large‐scale characterisation of the current wetlands ecology and the exploitation and management of their natural resources by the ancient Maya is severely constrained by the forest. This paper presents an integrated geomatic, geoarchaeological and ecological approach, developed to overcome this obstacle in the microregion of the Naachtun Maya city. It is based on the analysis of LiDAR, and field…
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2): Landesque Capital and Long-term Resource Management Strategies
Pre-Columbian food production in the Maya Lowlands was long characterized as reliant on extensive, slash-and-burn agriculture as the sole cultivation system possible in the region, given environmental limitations, with maize as the dominant crop. While aspects of this “swidden thesis” of Maya agriculture have been chipped away in recent years, there has been an underappreciation of the many forms of long-term capital investments in agriculture ma…
Health Care in the Marketplace: Exploring Maya Medicinal Plants and Practices at Piedras Negras, Guatemala
Botanical residues recovered from excavations in the Southeast Marketplace of Piedras Negras provide information about the healing and medical activities of the site's Classic period (a.d. 350–900) inhabitants, and point towards the intersection between commerce and medicine for the ancient Maya. The plants were likely exchanged at the market then used on-site for the purposes of healing. The botanical remains are complemented by both architectur…
Tropical Agriculture, past and Present: Cross-Cutting Approaches to Global Challenges
International audience
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1): Paleoethnobotanical Residues and New Perspectives on Plant Management
We focus on pre-Columbian agricultural regimes in the Maya Lowlands, using new datasets of archaeological wood charcoal, seeds, phytoliths, and starch grains; biological properties of plants; and contemporary Indigenous practices. We address inherited models of agriculture in the lowlands: the limitations of the environment (finding more affordances than anticipated by earlier models); the homogeneity of agricultural strategies (finding more hete…
How to highlight slash-and-burn agriculture in ancient soils? A modern baseline of agrarian fire imprint in the Guatemalan lowlands using charcoal particle analysis
Fuel economy, woodland management and adaptation strategies in a Classic Maya city: Applying anthracology to urban settings in high biodiversity tropical forests
Late fire ceremonies and abandonment behaviors at the Classic Maya city of Naachtun, Guatemala
Experimental anthracology: Evaluating the role of combustion processes in the representivity of archaeological charcoal records in tropical forests, a case study from the Maya Lowlands
Économie des bois et gestion des forêts chez les anciens Mayas: Approche anthracologique à Naachtun (Guatemala)
Dans un environnement forestier tropical tel que le nord du Guatemala, l’essor et le développement des sociétés mayas anciennes furent étroitement liés à la complexité et à la variabilité du milieu. Le débat très controversé qui oppose l’hypothèse d’une déforestation massive à la période classique (Ier millénaire de notre ère) au profit de l’agriculture (Abrams & Rue 1989 ; Turner & Sabloff 2012) à celle d’une gestion raisonnée et durable de l’en…
The use of Firewood in Ancient Maya Funerary Rituals: A Case Study from Rio Bec (Campeche, Mexico)
In this paper, we examine wood charcoal assemblages that were recovered from ash layers in Terminal Classic (A.D. 800-950) burials at the Maya site of Rio Bee to understand the use of fuel wood in funerary rites. Compared to charcoal deposits from domestic and non-funerary contexts, the spectrum of wood taxa used in the burial deposits is unique, which suggests specific fire-related practices. Members of the Sapotaceae family and Cordiasp. domina…
The use of Firewood in Ancient Maya Funerary Rituals: A Case Study from Rio Bec (Campeche, Mexico)
In this paper, we examine wood charcoal assemblages that were recovered from ash layers in Terminal Classic (A.D. 800-950) burials at the Maya site of Rio Bee to understand the use of fuel wood in funerary rites. Compared to charcoal deposits from domestic and non-funerary contexts, the spectrum of wood taxa used in the burial deposits is unique, which suggests specific fire-related practices. Members of the Sapotaceae family and Cordiasp. domina…
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2): Landesque Capital and Long-term Resource Management Strategies
Pre-Columbian food production in the Maya Lowlands was long characterized as reliant on extensive, slash-and-burn agriculture as the sole cultivation system possible in the region, given environmental limitations, with maize as the dominant crop. While aspects of this “swidden thesis” of Maya agriculture have been chipped away in recent years, there has been an underappreciation of the many forms of long-term capital investments in agriculture ma…
Fuel economy, woodland management and adaptation strategies in a Classic Maya city: Applying anthracology to urban settings in high biodiversity tropical forests
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1): Paleoethnobotanical Residues and New Perspectives on Plant Management
We focus on pre-Columbian agricultural regimes in the Maya Lowlands, using new datasets of archaeological wood charcoal, seeds, phytoliths, and starch grains; biological properties of plants; and contemporary Indigenous practices. We address inherited models of agriculture in the lowlands: the limitations of the environment (finding more affordances than anticipated by earlier models); the homogeneity of agricultural strategies (finding more hete…
Late fire ceremonies and abandonment behaviors at the Classic Maya city of Naachtun, Guatemala
Experimental anthracology: Evaluating the role of combustion processes in the representivity of archaeological charcoal records in tropical forests, a case study from the Maya Lowlands
Wetland landscapes in the Southern Maya Lowlands (Naachtun, Guatemala) from the ancient agroecosystems to the tropical biosphere reserve: Ecology, exploitation and management of water and soil resourc…
In the Biosphere Reserve of the Maya Lowlands, the large‐scale characterisation of the current wetlands ecology and the exploitation and management of their natural resources by the ancient Maya is severely constrained by the forest. This paper presents an integrated geomatic, geoarchaeological and ecological approach, developed to overcome this obstacle in the microregion of the Naachtun Maya city. It is based on the analysis of LiDAR, and field…
Health Care in the Marketplace: Exploring Maya Medicinal Plants and Practices at Piedras Negras, Guatemala
Botanical residues recovered from excavations in the Southeast Marketplace of Piedras Negras provide information about the healing and medical activities of the site's Classic period (a.d. 350–900) inhabitants, and point towards the intersection between commerce and medicine for the ancient Maya. The plants were likely exchanged at the market then used on-site for the purposes of healing. The botanical remains are complemented by both architectur…
How to highlight slash-and-burn agriculture in ancient soils? A modern baseline of agrarian fire imprint in the Guatemalan lowlands using charcoal particle analysis
Économie des bois et gestion des forêts chez les anciens Mayas: Approche anthracologique à Naachtun (Guatemala)
Dans un environnement forestier tropical tel que le nord du Guatemala, l’essor et le développement des sociétés mayas anciennes furent étroitement liés à la complexité et à la variabilité du milieu. Le débat très controversé qui oppose l’hypothèse d’une déforestation massive à la période classique (Ier millénaire de notre ère) au profit de l’agriculture (Abrams & Rue 1989 ; Turner & Sabloff 2012) à celle d’une gestion raisonnée et durable de l’en…
The use of Firewood in Ancient Maya Funerary Rituals: A Case Study from Rio Bec (Campeche, Mexico)
In this paper, we examine wood charcoal assemblages that were recovered from ash layers in Terminal Classic (A.D. 800-950) burials at the Maya site of Rio Bee to understand the use of fuel wood in funerary rites. Compared to charcoal deposits from domestic and non-funerary contexts, the spectrum of wood taxa used in the burial deposits is unique, which suggests specific fire-related practices. Members of the Sapotaceae family and Cordiasp. domina…
Experimental anthracology: Evaluating the role of combustion processes in the representivity of archaeological charcoal records in tropical forests, a case study from the Maya Lowlands
Late fire ceremonies and abandonment behaviors at the Classic Maya city of Naachtun, Guatemala
How to highlight slash-and-burn agriculture in ancient soils? A modern baseline of agrarian fire imprint in the Guatemalan lowlands using charcoal particle analysis
Fuel economy, woodland management and adaptation strategies in a Classic Maya city: Applying anthracology to urban settings in high biodiversity tropical forests
Tropical Agriculture, past and Present: Cross-Cutting Approaches to Global Challenges
International audience
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1): Paleoethnobotanical Residues and New Perspectives on Plant Management
We focus on pre-Columbian agricultural regimes in the Maya Lowlands, using new datasets of archaeological wood charcoal, seeds, phytoliths, and starch grains; biological properties of plants; and contemporary Indigenous practices. We address inherited models of agriculture in the lowlands: the limitations of the environment (finding more affordances than anticipated by earlier models); the homogeneity of agricultural strategies (finding more hete…
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2): Landesque Capital and Long-term Resource Management Strategies
Pre-Columbian food production in the Maya Lowlands was long characterized as reliant on extensive, slash-and-burn agriculture as the sole cultivation system possible in the region, given environmental limitations, with maize as the dominant crop. While aspects of this “swidden thesis” of Maya agriculture have been chipped away in recent years, there has been an underappreciation of the many forms of long-term capital investments in agriculture ma…
Health Care in the Marketplace: Exploring Maya Medicinal Plants and Practices at Piedras Negras, Guatemala
Botanical residues recovered from excavations in the Southeast Marketplace of Piedras Negras provide information about the healing and medical activities of the site's Classic period (a.d. 350–900) inhabitants, and point towards the intersection between commerce and medicine for the ancient Maya. The plants were likely exchanged at the market then used on-site for the purposes of healing. The botanical remains are complemented by both architectur…
Wetland landscapes in the Southern Maya Lowlands (Naachtun, Guatemala) from the ancient agroecosystems to the tropical biosphere reserve: Ecology, exploitation and management of water and soil resourc…
In the Biosphere Reserve of the Maya Lowlands, the large‐scale characterisation of the current wetlands ecology and the exploitation and management of their natural resources by the ancient Maya is severely constrained by the forest. This paper presents an integrated geomatic, geoarchaeological and ecological approach, developed to overcome this obstacle in the microregion of the Naachtun Maya city. It is based on the analysis of LiDAR, and field…
Archaeological charcoals from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras, reveal the 10,000 year-long postglacial ecological dynamics of the Central American pine–oak forest
Present-day vegetation in the Central American highlands is dominated by pine–oak forests, whose postglacial and Holocene ecological dynamics remain poorly understood. El Gigante Rockshelter (1300 masl, La Paz, Honduras), with its exceptionally long occupation history starting from the Paleoindian period, allows us to examine these dynamics using archaeological charcoal. We present a detailed wood anatomical analysis of 24 taxa from 1401 charcoal…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Maya (8 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Agroforestry (6 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works)