A growing body of paleoclimate data indicates that periods of severe drought affected the
Maya Lowlands of southeastern Mexico and northern Central America, especially during the …

Over the past thirty years, geoarchaeology has moved from the fringe to mainstream status
within Mesoamerican archaeological investigations. This review focuses on works published …

Chironomids, diatoms and microcrustaceans that inhabit aquatic ecosystems of the Northern
Neotropics are abundant and diverse. Some species are highly sensitive to changes in …

Kaminaljuyú has been an important focus of archaeological research since the 1930s, and
the chronologies of various sites of the Southern Maya Area are linked directly to that of …

This paper broadens the description of sedimentary organic matter from the conventional
use of coal petrography to include palynological and geochemical sedimentary organic …

Human-induced deforestation and soil erosion were environmental stressors for the ancient
Maya of Mesoamerica. Furthermore, intense, periodic droughts during the Terminal Classic …

Abstract How Indigenous peoples and European settlers transformed terrestrial ecosystems
in the Americas is well evidenced in the literature, but far less is known about how aquatic …

Recent human population growth has contributed to the degradation of environmental
resources in Guatemala. Since 1900, the population of the country grew from< 1 to> 17 …

The Kaptai lake, situated in the north-east region of Bangladesh, is the largest reservoir in
south-east Asia, built by impounding an artificial earth-dam on the Karnaphuli river in 1961 …

This paleolimnological study used ostracodes assemblages, element concentrations,
organic and inorganic carbon content, organic C: N ratios, and stable isotope values in …