Title Tikal : paleoecology of an ancient Maya city / edited by David L. Lentz, University of Cincinnati, Nicholas P. Dunning, University of Cincinnati, Vernon L. Scarborough, University of Cincinnati

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- Editors -- Foreword / by Payson Sheets -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Tikal land, water, and forest : an introduction / Nicholas P. Dunning, David L. Lentz, and Vernon L. Scarborough -- 2. The evolution of an ancient waterworks system at Tikal / Vernon L. Scarborough and Liwy Grazioso Sierra -- 3. At the core of Tikal : terrestrial sediment sampling and water management / Brian Lane, Vernon L. Scarborough, and Nicholas P. Dunning -- 4. Bringing the University of Pennsylvania maps of Tikal into the era of electronic GIS / Christopher Carr, Eric Weaver, Nicholas P. Dunning, and Vernon L. Scarborough -- 5. Examining landscape modifications for water management at Tikal using three-dimensional modeling with ArcGIS / Eric Weaver, Christopher Carr, Nicholas P. Dunning, Lee Florea, and Vernon L. Scarborough -- 6. Life on the edge : Tikal in a bajo landscape / Nicholas P. Dunning, Robert E. Griffin, John G. Jones, Richard E. Terry, Zachary Larsen, and Christopher Carr -- 7. Connecting contemporary ecology and ethnobotany to ancient plant use practices of the Maya at Tikal / Kim M. Thompson, Angela Hood, Dana Cavallaro, and David L. Lentz -- 8. Agroforestry and agricultural practices of the ancient Maya at Tikal / David L. Lentz, Kevin Magee, Eric Weaver, John G. Jones, Kenneth B. Tankersley, Angela Hood, Gerald Islebe, Carmen E. Ramos Hernandez, and Nicholas P. Dunning -- 9. Fire and water : the archaeological significance of Tikal's Quaternary sediments / Kenneth B. Tankersley, Nicholas P. Dunning, Vernon L. Scarborough, John G. Jones, Christopher Carr, and David L. Lentz -- 10. Fractious farmers at Tikal / David Webster and Timothy Murtha -- 11. Material culture of Tikal / Palma J. Buttles, Carmen E. Ramos Hernandez, and Fred Valdez Jr. -- 12. A neighborly view : water and environmental history of the El Zotz region / Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Jonathan Flood, Stephen Houston, Thomas G. Garrison, Edwin Román, Steve Bozarth and James Doyle -- 13. Defining the constructed niche of Tikal : a summary view / David L. Lentz, Nicholas P. Dunning, and Vernon L. Scarborough Summary "This book focuses on how the ancient Maya in the northern Petén Basin were able to sustain large populations during the Late Classic period"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Paleoecology -- Guatemala -- Tikal Site Wetland agriculture -- Guatemala -- Tikal Site SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. NATURE -- Fossils. SCIENCE -- Paleontology. Paleoecology Wetland agriculture SUBJECT Tikal Site (Guatemala) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135336 Subject Guatemala -- Tikal Site Form Electronic book Author Lentz, David L. (David Lewis), 1951- editor. Dunning, Nicholas P., 1957- editor. Scarborough, Vernon L. (Vernon Lee), 1950- editor. ISBN 9781139227209 1139227203 9781316072738 1316072738 9781316075098 1316075095

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