Introduction to the Archaeology of Tikal, Guatemala

Coe, William R.; Haviland, William A.

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“…From 1957 through 1969, Tikal was the subject of intensive investigation by archeologists from the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (Coe and Haviland 1982). Reconstructions of the site are based on a variety of data, including extensive regional surveys (Carr and Hazard 1961;Puleston 1983) and large-scale excavation of over 100 residential buildings, ranging from simple houses occupied by people at the base of Tikal's social scale to those inhabited by the ruling class, including the rulers themselves (Haviland 1970;Haviland and Moholy-Nagy 1987).…”

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The Classic Maya City: Reconsidering the “Mesoamerican Urban Tradition”

Chase

Haviland

1990

American Anthropologist

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The Classic Maya City: Reconsidering the “Mesoamerican Urban Tradition”

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Haviland

1990

American Anthropologist

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“…Other excavations were carried out by researchers at select academic universities throughout the 1950s-1970s. The University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania had carried out major projects in Guatemala at Tikal (Coe 1962;Coe and Haviland 1982;Sabloff 2003) and Quirigua (Sharer 1978(Sharer , 1990. We began our research at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, continued at Princeton University in 1984, and then at the University of Central Florida (D. Chase 1981Chase , 1990.…”

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Caracol, Belize, and Changing Perceptions of Ancient Maya Society

Chase

2016

J Archaeol Res

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Archaeological research at Caracol, an ancient Maya site that was rediscovered in 1937, has become a major resource in the interpretation and understanding of the ancient Maya. Caracol, in west-central Belize, is situated in a subtropical region once characterized as being unsuitable for the development or maintenance of complex societies, yet it is one of the largest, if not the largest Classic period Maya site in the southern Maya Lowlands, home to over 100,000 people at its height between AD 600 and 700. The investigations at Caracol underscore the utility of long-term archaeological projects incorporating large-scale settlement study that combine excavation with varied research designs and the use of a contextual approach. By employing Maya epigraphic history, traditional archaeology, and modern technology like LiDAR, research at Caracol details the rise, maintenance, and fall of an ancient Maya city, affording a large window into ancient Maya lifeways. Archaeological work provides evidence of sustainable agriculture, a market economy, city planning that included a road system, the impact of warfare on the site's inhabitants, the sociopolitical status of women, the role that archaeology can play in refining written history, and the significance of commemorating the cyclical passage of time to the ancient Maya. This article

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“…Both of these bajos are relatively small seasonal wetlands, and Bajo Antonio is best characterized as an upland depression. The upland soils were sampled at a variety of locations, including toposequences associated with the Tikal North and West Transects (Coe and Haviland, 1982;Puleston, 1983). Other upland soils were from ancient settlement mound groups and from the area surrounding the ancient reservoir.…”

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Upland and Lowland Soil Resources of the Ancient Maya at Tikal, Guatemala

Burnett

Terry

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Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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Intelligence and CIS Se( tion )(iiiil POVV/'MIA Accounting Command Hickam AFB. HI 9í)í\".->553o Li SA Debate over agricultural methods and productivity during the Preclassic and Classic Maya period (1000 BCE to 900 CE) focuses on the agronomic utility of both upland and lowland soil resources of the karst topography characteristic of northern Guatemala and much of the Yucatan peninsula. In settings where direct evidence of agriculture is sparse, stable carbon (C) isotope evidence from soil organic matter (SOM) provides information on past vegetation changes related to ancient maize agriculture. Areas of ancient sustained maize cultivation can be identified in an ecosystem dominated by Cj forest vegetation because of the unique C4 photosynthetic pathway of maize. The decomposition of plant materials with divergent photosynthetic mechanisms (C3 versus C4) results in SOM with correspondingly distinct stable C isotope ratios (ô^^C). Such differences are preserved and detectable within the refractory humin fraction of the SOM. This study analyzes the physical and chemical soil properties including stable C isotopes of soils collected from upland and lowland locations near Tikal, Guatemala. Toeslope soils contained strong isotopic evidence of C4 vegetation likely the result of ancient maize agriculture, while the evidence from shallow soils of the summit and backslopes was less conclusive. In both upland and lowland contexts, however, the stronger evidence of ancient vegetation shifts associated with maize agriculture was found in the deeper finetextured soils in the footslopes and toeslopes. Examination of soils on toeslopes revealed evidence of deposition from erosional processes upslope that may have been related to the spread of agriculture to less productive soils over time.Abbreviations: COLE, coefficient of linear extensibility; DEM, digital elevation model; SOM, soil organic matter.

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Introduction to the Archaeology of Tikal, Guatemala

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The Classic Maya City: Reconsidering the “Mesoamerican Urban Tradition”

The Classic Maya City: Reconsidering the “Mesoamerican Urban Tradition”

Caracol, Belize, and Changing Perceptions of Ancient Maya Society

Upland and Lowland Soil Resources of the Ancient Maya at Tikal, Guatemala

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