Ancient Maya Landscapes in Northwestern Belize, Part II

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Ancient Maya Landscapes in Northwestern Belize, Part II," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This is a continuation of our earlier session dealing with recent research in northwestern Belize, which has been marked by intensive multi-disciplinary research involving dozens of institutions and investigators. We now recognize that the Anthropocene of the Classic Maya included modification of every part of the landscape to fit the needs of its builders. This symposium broadly focuses on landscapes but incorporates temporal dynamics, settlement systems, lowland agricultural systems, upland residential systems as well as geopolitical dynamics. Investigators with both the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project and the Blue Creek Archaeological Project report on recent research, new insights and maturing understanding by both teams.

Other Keywords
Geoarchaeology • Maya: Classic • Maya: Postclassic • Architecture • Water Management and Irrigation • Migration • Remote Sensing • Geochemistry • Urbanism • digital archaeology

Geographic Keywords
United Mexican States (Country) • Belize (Country) • North America (Continent) • Peten (State / Territory) • Yucatan (State / Territory) • Orange Walk (State / Territory) • Cayo (State / Territory) • Corozal (State / Territory) • Belize (State / Territory) • Stann Creek (State / Territory)