Book contents
- Tikal
- Tikal
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Editors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Tikal Land, Water, and Forest
- 2 The Evolution of an Ancient Waterworks System at Tikal
- 3 At the Core of Tikal: Terrestrial Sediment Sampling and Water Management
- 4 Bringing the University of Pennsylvania Maps of Tikal into the Era of Electronic GIS
- 5 Examining Landscape Modifications for Water Management at Tikal Using Three-Dimensional Modeling with ArcGIS
- 6 Life on the Edge: Tikal in a Bajo Landscape
- 7 Connecting Contemporary Ecology and Ethnobotany to Ancient Plant Use Practices of the Maya at Tikal
- 8 Agroforestry and Agricultural Practices of the Ancient Maya at Tikal
- 9 Fire and Water: The Archaeological Significance of Tikal’s Quaternary Sediments
- 10 Fractious Farmers at Tikal
- 11 Material Culture of Tikal
- 12 A Neighborly View: Water and Environmental History of the El Zotz Region
- 13 Defining the Constructed Niche of Tikal: A Summary View
- References
- Index
Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
- Tikal
- Tikal
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Editors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Tikal Land, Water, and Forest
- 2 The Evolution of an Ancient Waterworks System at Tikal
- 3 At the Core of Tikal: Terrestrial Sediment Sampling and Water Management
- 4 Bringing the University of Pennsylvania Maps of Tikal into the Era of Electronic GIS
- 5 Examining Landscape Modifications for Water Management at Tikal Using Three-Dimensional Modeling with ArcGIS
- 6 Life on the Edge: Tikal in a Bajo Landscape
- 7 Connecting Contemporary Ecology and Ethnobotany to Ancient Plant Use Practices of the Maya at Tikal
- 8 Agroforestry and Agricultural Practices of the Ancient Maya at Tikal
- 9 Fire and Water: The Archaeological Significance of Tikal’s Quaternary Sediments
- 10 Fractious Farmers at Tikal
- 11 Material Culture of Tikal
- 12 A Neighborly View: Water and Environmental History of the El Zotz Region
- 13 Defining the Constructed Niche of Tikal: A Summary View
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- TikalPaleoecology of an Ancient Maya City, pp. xiii - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015