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Once Beneath The Forest: Prehistoric Terracing In The Rio Bec Region Of The Maya Lowlands

Autor Bl Turner Ii
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2021
The incredible achievements of the Classic lowland Maya civilization and the subsequent disappearance of that culture have stimulated one of the greatest controversies of modern prehistory. A central element in the controversy is the role of the tropical forest lands in Maya agriculture and subsistence, and the purpose of this study is to identify
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367297350
ISBN-10: 0367297353
Pagini: 211
Dimensiuni: 148 x 233 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface -- Introduction -- Lowland Maya Agriculture -- The Río Bec Region -- Río Bec Terraces and Related Features -- Río Bec Slope and Maya Agriculture: Interpretations and Perspectives -- Appendixes -- Data for Mapped Terraced Sites -- Maps of Terraced Sites* -- Forest Transects to Identify Terraces -- Typological Identification and Phasing of Ceramics from Terraced Sites

Notă biografică

Dr. B. L. Turner II is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. His special interest is cultural ecology.

Descriere

Dr Turner explores the role of the tropical forest lands in Maya agriculture and subsistence, and the purpose of this study is to identify and examine one facet of Maya agriculture -- terrace cultivation -- viewing it in the larger perspective of Maya agriculture issues.