Pine As An Element Of Household Refuse In The Fertilization Of Ancient Maya Agricultural Fields
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18961007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew R Wyatt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 244-258 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnobiology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-0771 • E-ISSN: 2162-4496 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2993/0278-0771-28.2.244 |
| OpenAlex | W2100757743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 34 |
Research on agricultural terraces at the ancient Maya site of Chan in Belize has provided data on early intensive farming practices. Excavations and paleoethnobotanical analysis yielded pine charcoal, a tree not currently found in the immediate vicinity of the site. Pine has been studied primarily as an item of ritual or economic importance, and its significance in an agricultural context has gone unexplored. In this article I suggest that wood ash from household refuse, indicated by small fragments of pine charcoal recovered from agricultural terraces, was used to amend agricultural soil. Understanding the practical and ritual use of pine in can illuminate the ways in which the ancient Maya maintained soil fertility and aid in our reconstructions of agricultural practices
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biology · Charcoal · Excavation · Geography · Maya · Paleoethnobotany · Soil fertility · Soil water · Wood ash · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology · Forestry
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |