Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City

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The primary theoretical question addressed in this book makes a speciality of the lingering concern of how the ancient Maya in the northern Petén Basin were ready to sustain large populations in the course of a tropical forest environment all over the Late Classic period. This book asks how agricultural intensification was once achieved and how very important resources, such as water and forest products, were managed in both upland areas and seasonal wetlands, or bajos. All of these activities were very important components of an first of all sustainable land use strategy that finally failed to meet the demands of an escalating population. This spiraling disconnect with sound ecological principles no doubt contributed to the Maya collapse. The book’s findings provide insights that broaden the understanding of the upward thrust of social complexity – the expansion of the political economy, specifically – and, in general terms, the trajectory of cultural evolution of the ancient Maya civilization.

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