How to Build a Better reservoir: Evolving Ancient Maya Strategies
Author(s): Nicholas Dunning; Jeffrey Brewer; Christopher Carr; Kathryn Reese-Taylor; Armando Anaya Hernández
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "2023 Fryxell Award Symposium: Papers in Honor of Timothy Beach Part I" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The ancient inhabitants of the Elevated Interior Region of the Maya Lowlands spent centuries devising ways to capture and store rainwater in this seasonally arid environment devoid of sizeable permanent surface water bodies. Over time, varied methods were created to ensure a sufficient quantity of water to meet the demands of growing urban populations, as well as to improve the quality of water being collected and stored. We examine examples from Yaxnohcah, Calakmul, Tikal, and elsewhere to illustrate the evolving nature of ancient Maya reservoirs.
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How to Build a Better reservoir: Evolving Ancient Maya Strategies. Nicholas Dunning, Jeffrey Brewer, Christopher Carr, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Armando Anaya Hernández. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 473368)
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Keywords
General
Geoarchaeology
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Landscape Archaeology
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Maya: Classic
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Maya lowlands
Spatial Coverage
min long: -94.197; min lat: 16.004 ; max long: -86.682; max lat: 21.984 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 36163.0