Water and sustainable land use at the ancient tropical city of Tikal, Guatemala

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 12408-12413

  Scarborough, Vernon L ^a   Dunning, Nicholas P ^a   Tankersley, Kenneth B ^a   Carr, Christopher ^a   Weaver, Eric ^a   Grazioso, Liwy ^b   Lane, Brian ^c   Jones, John G ^d   Buttles, Palma ^e   Valdez, Fred ^f   Lentzh, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Intensification; Paleoecology; Resilience; Tropics

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; GUATEMALA; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; GUATEMALA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; LAKES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84864517816     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202881109     Document Type: Article

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