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Upland Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands

Ancient Maya Soil Conservation in Northwestern Belize

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ID4486264
AutoresTimothy Beach (0000-0003-0097-7973, Georgetown University), Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach (0000-0002-9184-2427, George Mason University), Nicholas P Dunning (0000-0002-1843-3088, University of Cincinnati), Nicholas Dunning, Jon Hageman, Jon B Hageman (Northeastern Illinois University), Jon C Lohse (0000-0002-7900-7664, The University of Texas at Austin), Jon Lohse
Ano2010
Volume92
Fascículo3
Páginas372-397
Data de publicação2010-04-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.2002.tb00149.x
OpenAlexW2043126060
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas96
Referências citadas52

In the 1970s scholars began to accept Maya terracing as the manifestation of ancient intensive agriculture and large populations. We examine many ancient terraces and berms excavated in the Three Rivers region of Belize, synthesize the geography and suggest the intent of terracing across the Maya Lowlands, and analyze the history of terracing and soil erosion. Terraces occur in several slope positions and diverted and slowed runoff, to build up planting surfaces that could maximize soil moisture. The first accelerated soil erosion occurred during the Preclassic period (1500 b.c.-a.d. 250). Maya terracing started in the Early Classic period (a.d. 250–600) and spread across the Lowlands with the great population expansion of the Late/Terminal Classic period (a.d. 600–900). Thereafter, the Maya would largely forsake terracing. Though abandoned for a millennium, many terraces still function in today's tropical forests and burning milpas

Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biology · Deforestation (computer science · Geography · Maya · Period (music · Population · Soil conservation · Surface runoff · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Environmental Science · Forestry · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies

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