1st Edition

Ancient Maya Wetland Agriculture Excavations On Albion Island, Northern Belize

By Mary Deland Pohl Copyright 1991
468 Pages
by Routledge

468 Pages
by Routledge

470 Pages
by Routledge

Changes in the orientation of archaeological research in the post-World War n period affected Maya studies. The cultural ecological perspective, which was rising to prominence, put an old debate in bold relief: How had this prehistoric civilization adapted to the tropical forest environment? How could swidden cultivation have sustained the unexpectedly high population densities that settlement... Read more
The Rio Hondo Project in Northern Belize, Rio Hondo Reflections: Notes on Puleston's Place and the Archaeology of Maya Landscapes, Soils of Albion Island, A Modern Vegetation Transect of a Prehistoric Maya Wetland Field and Canal Complex, Rio Hondo Botanical Catalogue, 11 San Antonio: A Late Holocene Record of Agricultural Activity in the Maya Lowlands, Sedimentation and Maya Agriculture, The Albion Island Transect Survey: The Ceramics of Albion Island, Summary and Proposals for Future Research

Biography

Mary Deland Pohl