Three Rivers Watersheds: Regional Water Resources of Northwestern Belize and Beyond

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Ancient Maya Landscapes in Northwestern Belize, Part II" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This research seeks to understand the interconnections and interactions of the water resources of Northwestern Belize, via its contributing Three Rivers Watersheds. The Three Rivers Watersheds drain Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize via the Rio Azul/Blue Creek, Rio Bravo, and Booths River systems. These Three Rivers merge to form the Rio Hondo, the present-day Mexico-Belize Border. Beyond the Three Rivers, nearby watersheds include the New River and Freshwater Creek systems draining the coastal Plain of northern Belize. This portion of the karstic Yucatan platform belies a remarkably diverse and complex hydrologic and geochemical system that served the Ancient Maya in the past, and modern communities today. Our goal is to examine the connections between surface and groundwater resources in the central and southeastern portions of the Yucatan Platform in the Maya Lowlands, to better understand the regional hydrology serving Ancient Maya communities, and to understand the broader geologic contributions and influences to water chemistry, wetland formation, and water and land use.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Ancient Maya Landscapes in Northwestern Belize, Part II   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 26054