Late Classic Maya Drainage and Flood Control at Copan, Honduras
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6034009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karla L Davis‐salazar (0000-0002-7099-5993, University of South Florida, corresponding author), Karla L Davis-Salazar |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-138 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ancient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956536106060019 |
| OpenAlex | W2163062308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 11 |
Recent research on pre-Hispanic Maya water management has revealed a diverse array of water-control techniques that were employed in the Maya Lowlands. Since much of this research has focused on water management for consumption and agriculture, other forms of water management—namely, for drainage and flood control—remain poorly understood. This report describes the various water-control techniques dedicated to drainage and flood control at Late Classic Copan, Honduras (a.d.600–900), and explores the social implications of this form of water control. Technological variation in water control throughout urban Copan and between Copan and Palenque, the other major Maya center where drainage and flood control have been investigated, suggests that water management at Copan may have been organized differentially across the urban center
Archaeology · Biology · Drainage · Drainage network · Flood control · Flood myth · Geography · Maya · Water resource management · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Environmental Science · Latin American history and culture · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2021 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |