Julie L Kunen

Broschiertes Buch

Ancient Maya Life in the Far West Bajo

Social and Environmental Change in the Wetlands of Belize Volume 69

Beschreibung

In this lively story of life in the wetlands on the outskirts of the major site of La Milpa, Julie Kunen documents a hitherto unrecognized form of intensive agriculture in the Maya lowlands one that relied on the construction of terraces and berms to trap soil and moisture around the margins of low-lying depressions called bajos.

Autor

Julie L. Kunen is a Diplomacy Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science assigned to the Forestry Team of the US Agency for International Development in the Office of Natural Resources Management, where she focuses on the sustainable development of tropical forests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Arizona Press
• Seitenzahl: 173
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 278mm x 216mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780816522354
• ISBN-10: 0816522359
• Artikelnr.: 21726855