Using studies on contemporary Maya farming techniques and important new archaeological research, the authors show that the ancient Maya were able to support, sustainably, a vast population by farming the forest-thus refuting the common notion that Maya civilization devolved due to overpopulation and famine.
Using studies on contemporary Maya farming techniques and important new archaeological research, the authors show that the ancient Maya were able to support, sustainably, a vast population by farming the forest-thus refuting the common notion that Maya civilization devolved due to overpopulation and famine.
Anabel Ford is director of the MesoAmerican Research Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and President of the nonprofit organization Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Alliance. She has done extensive research on patterns of Maya settlement and landscape ecology, and is recognized for the archaeological discovery of the ancient Maya city center of El Pilar, on the border of Belize and Guatemala., Ronald Nigh is a professor at Centro Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) in Chiapas, Mexico. He is the author of numerous studies and articles on agricultural, ecological, and environmental issues of concern to indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. He is also director of Dana, a non-government organization that coordinates an experimental garden in San Cristobal de Las Casas for training and support of young Maya farmers involved in agroecological transition.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Prosperity across Centuries Chapter 1 The Context of the Maya Forest Chapter 2 Dwelling in the Maya Forest: The High-Performance Milpa Chapter 3 Environmental Change and the Historical Ecology of the Maya Forest Chapter 4 Maya Land Use, the Milpa, and Population in the Late Classic Period Chapter 5 The Forested Landscape of the Maya Chapter 6 Maya Restoration Agriculture as Conservation for the Twenty-first Century
Introduction Prosperity across Centuries Chapter 1 The Context of the Maya Forest Chapter 2 Dwelling in the Maya Forest: The High-Performance Milpa Chapter 3 Environmental Change and the Historical Ecology of the Maya Forest Chapter 4 Maya Land Use, the Milpa, and Population in the Late Classic Period Chapter 5 The Forested Landscape of the Maya Chapter 6 Maya Restoration Agriculture as Conservation for the Twenty-first Century
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