Ancient Maya impacts on the Earth's surface: An Early Anthropocene analog?

T Beach, S Luzzadder-Beach, D Cook… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

A review of human and natural changes in Maya Lowland wetlands over the Holocene

T Beach, S Luzzadder-Beach, N Dunning… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
In the Maya Lowlands of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala two main types of wetlands have
played important roles in human history: bajos or intermittently wet environments of the …

Classic Period collapse of the Central Maya Lowlands: Insights about human–environment relationships for sustainability

BL Turner, JA Sabloff - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The ninth century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatán
peninsular region were the result of complex human–environment interactions. Large-scale …

Ethnoecology of the Yucatec Maya: symbolism, knowledge and management of natural resources

N Barrera-Bassols, VM Toledo - Journal of Latin American Geography, 2005 - JSTOR
There is a growing interest worldwide in adopting interdisciplinary approaches for studying
the complex and dynamic interplay between societies and landscapes. During the last few …

What Maya collapse? Terminal classic variation in the Maya lowlands

JJ Aimers - Journal of archaeological research, 2007 - Springer
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 …

Impacts of the ancient Maya on soils and soil erosion in the central Maya Lowlands

T Beach, N Dunning, S Luzzadder-Beach, DE Cook… - Catena, 2006 - Elsevier
Many studies across the central and southern Maya Lowlands of Belize, Guatemala,
Honduras, and Mexico have produced records of land degradation, mostly sedimentation …

Conceptualizing socio‐hydrological drought processes: The case of the Maya collapse

L Kuil, G Carr, A Viglione, A Prskawetz… - Water resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
With population growth, increasing water demands and climate change the need to
understand the current and future pathways to water security is becoming more pressing. To …

[图书][B] The great Maya droughts in cultural context: case studies in resilience and vulnerability

G Iannone - 2014 - books.google.com
In The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context, contributors reject the popularized link
between societal collapse and drought in Maya civilization, arguing that a series of periodic …

Wetland fields as mirrors of drought and the Maya abandonment

S Luzzadder-Beach, TP Beach… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Getting at the Maya Collapse has both temporal and geographic dimensions, because it
occurred over centuries and great distances. This requires a wide range of research sites …

Hydrogeology of the south-eastern Yucatan Peninsula: New insights from water level measurements, geochemistry, geophysics and remote sensing

BRN Gondwe, S Lerer, S Stisen, L Marín… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Yucatan Peninsula is one of the world's largest karstic aquifer systems. It is the sole
freshwater source for human users and ecosystems. The region hosts internationally …