Temple mountains, sacred lakes, and fertile fields: Ancient Maya landscapes in northwestern Belize

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 281, 1999, Pages 650-660

  Dunning, Nicholas ^a   Scarborough, Vernon ^a   Valdez Jr , Fred ^b   Luzzadder Beach, Sheryl ^c   Beach, Timothy ^d   Jones, John G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural ecology; Landscape analysis; Maya archaeology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BELIZE;

EID: 0032709266     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0006525X     Document Type: Article

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