Urban adaptation to climate change is a global challenge requiring a broad response that
can be informed by how urban societies in the past responded to environmental shocks. Yet …

The Classic Maya (c. 250 to 900 CE) in the tropical southern lowlands of Central America
dealt with water scarcity during annual dry seasons and periods of climate instability via …

Increasing evidence supports the role of climate change in the disintegration of regional
polities in the Maya lowlands at the end of the Classic Period (750–1000 CE). However, the …

Chichén Itzá dominated the political landscape of the northern Yucatán during the Terminal
Classic Period (AD 800–1000). Chronological details of the rise and fall of this important …

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 …

Over the past few years there has been a vertical-turn in human geographical scholarship
with research, especially in the sub-fields of geopolitics and urban geography, increasingly …

Urban soil security depends on the means and social practices that enable multiple
generations to maintain and improve soil resources. Soils are pivotal to urban sustainability …

Teams from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) and the University of
California, San Diego (UCSD) have put forth a new chronology for Chichen Itza that …

Across many decades of Maya archaeology, the study of war has typically been focused on
its geopolitical, systemic, evolutionary, and structural implications. We argue these …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of the Maya-descent souvenir
vendors in sustaining the socio-cultural heritage of Chichen Itza, a United Nations …