Water Resources of the Chunchucmil Maya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4491532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach (0000-0002-9184-2427, corresponding author), Sheryl Luzzadder‐beach |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 493 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2000.tb00351.x |
| OpenAlex | W2053686817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 25 |
Chunchucmil, on the Yucatán Peninsula, was densely populated in the Maya Late Classic period (ca. a.d. 550–830), even though it depends principally on groundwater. In the 1990s, hydrologic investigations were conducted to determine whether groundwater could have met domestic and agricultural needs. The region's groundwater is near the surface and is influenced by sea‐level fluctuations; however, geochemical analysis revealed that groundwater quality is not affected by mixing with seawater. The potential exists for high and spatially extensive nitrate contamination in this karstic area, yet water‐quality analyses revealed only moderate levels of nitrate in the groundwater. Agricultural limitations are imposed by chloride, total dissolved solids, and salinity, as indicated by electrical conductivity; domestic water use is limited by the presence of nitrate, sulfate, and chloride. Throughflow in the ring of cenotes (sinkholes) around the Chicxulub impact crater may explain the movement and spatial distribution of water‐quality constituents in Chunchucmil's groundwater
Archaeology · Geography · Groundwater · Hydrology (agriculture · Karst · Maya · Nitrate · Salinity · Seawater · Sinkhole · Surface water · Throughflow · Total dissolved solids · Water quality · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry · Latin American history and culture · Oceanography · Soil Science
Ancient Maya impacts on the Earth's surface
Sky-earth, lake-sea
Water Chemistry Constraints And Possibilities For Ancient And Contemporary Maya Wetlands
Prehispanic Agrosystems and Adaptive Regions in the Maya Lowlands
Reconstructing Agricultural Self-Sufficiency at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico
Geoarchaeological Investigations in Mesoamerica Move into the 21st Century
What Maya Collapse? Terminal Classic Variation in the Maya Lowlands
Lowland Maya water management practices
Potential of Rainwater Harvesting in a Thirsty World
Ahead of its time
Drought and Its Demographic Effects in the Maya Lowlands
Land and life
Pre-Hispanic Maya agriculture
A Water Storage Adaptation in the Maya Lowlands
Possible role of climate in the collapse of Classic Maya civilization
Presidential Preface to Volume 30, Issue 1
Prehispanic Agrosystems and Adaptive Regions in the Maya Lowlands
Holocene climatic and human influences on lakes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Soil constraints on Northwest Yucatán, Mexico
Punta Canbalam in Context
Soil Erosion, Slope Management, and Ancient Terracing in the Maya Lowlands
Water and Land at the Ancient Maya Community of La Milpa
| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2017 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |