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 …

How will archaeology contribute to agricultural sustainability? To address that question, this
overview reflects on the diverse and complementary ways that archaeology has advanced …

This paper classifies the karst landscapes of the Petén Plateau and defines the Mirador-
Calakmul Karst Basin by illustrating the distribution of its karst hydrologic features …

This volume compares two of the most famous cases of civilizational collapse, that of the
Roman Empire and the Classic Maya world. First examining the concept of collapse, and …

The objective of this chapter is to offer a short but comprehensive overview of the Yucatán
Peninsula, its karstic landscapes and soil types. In this chapter, we will also provide insights …

Home to large tracts of biodiverse tropical forests, harboring valuable endemic species and
carrying the spirit of its millennium Mayan culture, the Yucatán Peninsula is of high interest …

The integration of feedbacks between Holocene planetary history and human development
benefits from a change in perspective that focusses on socio-historical periods of stability …

Ancestral Maya engineered wetland fields and canals in floodplains for plant cultivation and
water management. Canals and reservoirs, however, also provide aquatic resources to …

Abstract The Candelaria River watershed of Campeche, Mexico, and Petén, Guatemala, has
shaped millennia of Maya, perhaps from their beginnings and generations of archaeologists …

According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA
2018), 54 percent of the world's population currently lives in urban areas, and that proportion …