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A Review of Paleocoastal Research on the Yucatan Peninsula (2024)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Approaches to Submerged and Coastal Landscapes", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The carbonate platform and shallow continental shelf of the Yucatan Peninsula supported the rise of the northern lowland Maya and the earlier dispersal of Paleoamerican peoples. Exploration in the region’s now-submerged caves has revealed the remains of early human inhabitants as well as diverse and well preserved faunal and...