A Water Storage Adaptation in the Maya Lowlands
Part of the Water Insititutional Response to Social-Envrionmental Change: A Maya Case Study project
Author(s): Vernon L. Scarborough; Gary G. Gallopin
Year: 1991
Summary
storage rather than the canalization and diversion accentuated in highland Mexico. Reexamination of site maps of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, Guatemala, has revealed an important, overlooked factor in Maya centralization and urban settlement organization. In a geographical zone affected by an extended dry season and away from permanent water sources, large, well-planned reservoirs provided resource control as well as political leverage.
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A Water Storage Adaptation in the Maya Lowlands. Vernon L. Scarborough, Gary G. Gallopin. Science, New Series. 1991 ( tDAR id: 374741) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82V2DQH
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