Hydraulics, Cacao, and Complex Developments at Preclassic Chocolá, Guatemala
Evidence and Implications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4374293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Kaplan (0000-0002-6610-0528, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 399-413 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1045663500004351 |
| OpenAlex | W961321505 |
| Language | CA |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
Investigations begun in 2003 and continued through 2005 at Chocolá, in Southwestern Guatemala, have determined the existence of an extensive Preclassic network of well-engineered subterranean canals. The hydraulics discovered at the site, as well as other findings, add to long-standing evidence of Preclassic developments in the site's immediate region. While I consider an impressive Preclassic hydraulic system proven for Chocolá, a similarly early industry of cacao-a high-water demand plant of pan-Mesoamerican importance and native to the region-is discussed here admittedly only as a plausible hypothesis, based on copious ethnohistoric attestation but also on the long-known but disparate evidence of a temporal priority to many developments considered key to later Classic Maya civilization that are found in the Southern Maya area
Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Hydraulics · Key (lock · Maya · Archaeology and Natural History · Engineering · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Latin American history and culture · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |