Past and Future Earth

Archaeology and Soil Studies on Ambergris Caye, Belize

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ID19476999
AuthorsElizabeth Graham (0000-0002-6328-6945, UCL Institute of Archaeology, GB), Richard Macphail (UCL Institute of Archaeology, GB), Richard I Macphail (0000-0002-4499-3572), John Crowther (University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, GB), Simon Turner (0000-0002-1801-8351), Simon P Turner (0000-0001-9198-9448, UCL Department of Geography, GB), Simon D Turner (0000-0001-8692-8210), Julia A Stegemann (0000-0002-4491-8222, UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, GB), Julia Stegemann, Manuel Arroyo-Kalin (0000-0002-9024-8100, UCL Institute of Archaeology, GB), Lindsay Duncan (UCL Institute of Archaeology & UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, GB), Phillip Austin (UCL Institute of Archaeology, GB), Richard Whittet (0000-0002-5481-227X, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, GB), Cristina Rosique (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, GB)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue1
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeology International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1463-1725 • E-ISSN: 2048-4194
PublisherUCL Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5334/ai.1916
OpenAlexW2596367953
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Marco Gonzalez is one of a number of Maya sites on Belize’s coast and cayes (coral islands) that exhibit anomalous vegetation and dark-coloured soils. Like Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), the soils are sought locally for cultivation and are underlain by anthropogenic deposits. Our research is aimed at assessing the role of the anthropogenic deposits in soil formation processes with a view to developing strategies to quantify the long-term environmental impact of human activities today

Amazon rainforest · Amazonian · Archaeology · Earth science · Geography · Maya · Soil water · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Environmental Science · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology · Geology · Soil Science

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