Once Beneath the Forest: Prehistoric Terracing in the Rio Bec Region of the Maya Lowlands

ISBN-13: 9780367297350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 211 str.

Bl Turner II

Opis

Dr Turner explores the role of the tropical forest lands in Maya agriculture and subsistence, and the purpose of this study is to identify and examine one facet of Maya agriculture -- terrace cultivation -- viewing it in the larger perspective of Maya agriculture issues.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Lowland Maya Agriculture -- The Río Bec Region -- Río Bec Terraces and Related Features -- Río Bec Slope and Maya Agriculture: Interpretations and Perspectives -- Appendixes -- Data for Mapped Terraced Sites -- Maps of Terraced Sites* -- Forest Transects to Identify Terraces -- Typological Identification and Phasing of Ceramics from Terraced Sites

O autorze

Dr. B. L. Turner II is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. His special interest is cultural ecology.