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 …

INTRODUCTION Lowland Maya civilization flourished from 1000 BCE to 1500 CE in and
around the Yucatan Peninsula. Known for its sophistication in writing, art, architecture …

Episodes of population loss and cultural change, including the famous Classic Collapse,
punctuated the long course of Maya civilization. In many cases, these downturns in the …

The Classic Period Maya (300 CE to 900 CE) built many of their cities away from standing,
flowing, or subterranean water resources. Because of this, scholars have suggested that one …

Archaeological research at Caracol, an ancient Maya site that was rediscovered in 1937,
has become a major resource in the interpretation and understanding of the ancient Maya …

In April 2009, a lidar survey flown by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
recorded 200 square kilometers of terrain that comprised the Classic Period Maya city of …

Three major Maya centers recently discovered in the northern part of the uninhabited
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in eastern Campeche, Mexico, provided the first …

Archaeology provides few examples of large-scale fisheries at the frontier between catching
and farming of fish. We analysed the spatial organization of earthen embankments to infer …

Pre-Columbian food production in the Maya Lowlands was long characterized as reliant on
extensive, slash-and-burn agriculture as the sole cultivation system possible in the region …

This paper provides a survey of ancient and traditional rainwater harvesting applications as
effective climate adaptation strategies. Rainwater harvesting has a more significant past …