The measure of the “Mayacene,” a microcosm of the Early Anthropocene that occurred from
c. 3000 to 1000 BP, comes from multiple Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental records. We …

It is now widely accepted that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere are causing higher global atmospheric temperatures. However, there is still a …

The Classic Maya have long presented scholars with vexing problems. One of the longest
running and most contested of these, and the source of deeply polarized interpretations, has …

The conventional wisdom says that the devolution of Classic Maya civilization occurred
because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical …

This handbook is the first comprehensive overview of the field of satellite remote sensing for
archaeology and how it can be applied to ongoing archaeological fieldwork projects across …

The use of stable carbon isotopic analysis of bone apatite to reconstruct prehistoric diets is
hindered by the possibility of diagenetic alteration of carbonate during burial. We examine …

The decline of the Classic Maya civilization was complex and geographically variable, and
occurred over a~ 150-year interval, known as the Terminal Classic Period (TCP, CE 800 …

Interest in the lowland Maya collapse is stronger than ever, and there are now hundreds of
studies that focus on the era from approximately AD 750 to AD 1050. In the past, scholars …

Over the years, scientific thinking on ancient Lowland Maya agriculture has grown and
matured. We know a great deal more about the agricultural environment of the ancient Maya …

This article focuses on the role of water control in the emergence and demise of Classic
Maya political power (c. CE 250‐950), one that scholars have long underestimated. The …