The Lowland Maya Area

Three Millennia at the Human-Wildland Interface
Herausgeber: Fedick, Scott; Gomez-Pompa, A.; Jim?nez-Osornio, Juan; Allen, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

Integrating history, biodiversity, ethnobotany, geology, ecology, archaeology, anthropology, and other disciplines, The Lowland Maya Area is a valuable guide to the fascinating relationship between man and his environment in the Yucatán peninsula. This book covers virtually every aspect of the biology and ecology of the Maya Lowlands and the many ways that human beings have interacted with their surroundings in that area for the last three thousand years. You'll learn about newly discovered archaeological evidence of wetland use; the domestication and use of cacao and henequen plants; a biodiversity assessment of a select group of plants, animals, and microorganisms; the area's forgotten cotton, indigo, and wax industries; the ecological history of the Yucatán Peninsula; and much more. This comprehensive book will open your eyes to what we can learn from the Maya peoplepeople who continue to live on their native lands, integrating modern life with their old ways and teaching valuable lessons about human dependence on and management of environmental resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 690
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 149mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1066g
• ISBN-13: 9781560229711
• ISBN-10: 1560229713
• Artikelnr.: 22309225

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Research Challenges for the Lowland Maya Area: An Introduction
Part II: The Biological and Physical Environment
Chapter 2. The Changing Global Environment and the Lowland Maya: Past Patterns and Current Dynamics
Introduction
Past Environments and the Yucatán Peninsula
The El Edén Tropical Seasonal Forest: Current Ecosystem Structure
Ecosystem Dynamics: Current versus Past
Current and Projected Environmental Change and the Yucatán Peninsula
Conclusion
Chapter 3. In the Beginning: Early Events in the Development of Mesoamerica and the Lowland Maya Area
Introduction
Geologic History
Climatic History
Vegetational History
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Paleolimnological Approaches for Inferring Past Climate Change in the Maya Region: Recent Advances and Methodological Limitations
Introduction
Theoretical Basis for Isotope-Based Paleoclimate Studies
Choosing a Study Site
Complementary Sediment Proxies
Results and Discussion
Chapter 5. Rhythms of Precipitation in the Yucatán Peninsula
Introduction
Experimental Details
Normal Conditions for the Yucatán Peninsula
Yucatán in the Context of SPI-12 of All Mexico
Periodicity
Typical Patterns
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Structure and Diversity of the Forests at the El Edén Ecological Reserve
Introduction
Study Area
Methods and Materials
Results
Discussion
Chapter 7. Hydrogeology of the Yucatán Peninsula
General Geology of the Northern Yucatán Peninsula
Soils
Regional Hydroge