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Sustainability and water management in the Maya world and beyond
Title
Sustainability and water management in the Maya world and beyond / edited by Jean T. Larmon, Lisa J. Lucero, and Fred Valdez Jr.
ISBN
9781646422319
1646422317
9781646422326
Publication
Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
viii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"Investigates climate change and sustainability through time, exploring how political control of water sources, maintenance of sustainable systems, ideological relationships with water, and fluctuations in water availability have affected and been affected by social change"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Sustainability and water management in the Maya world and beyond Louisville, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 08, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction to a path to sustainability : the past and future role of water management / Jean T. Larmon, Lisa J. Lucero, and Fred Valdez Jr.
Harvesting ha : ancient water collection and storage in the elevated interior region of the Maya lowlands / Nicholas Dunning, Jeffrey Brewer, Christopher Carr, Armando Anaya Hernández, Timothy Beach, Jennifer Chmilar, Liwy Grazioso Sierra, Robert Griffin, David Lentz, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, William Saturno, Vernon Scarborough, Michael Smyth, Fred Valdez
Ancient Maya intensive agriculture and water management practices / David Lentz, Nicholas Dunning, Payson Sheets, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzader-Beach, Andrew Wyatt, and Cynthia Robin
Many visions of water / Wendy Ashmore
Three tropical thoughts : the migration to tropical ecology / Joel D. Gunn
Water trails and water mountains : the view from Northwest Petén / David Freidel, Mary Jane Acuña, Carlos R. Chiriboga, Michelle Rich
Caracol, Belize and Tikal, Guatemala : Ancient Maya human-nature relationships and their socio-political context / Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, and Adrian S.Z. Chase
From "Preclassic" to "Classic" and "Post-Classic" among the Maya : the role of information processing and socio-environmental-economic values in the emergence and decline of "watery" cities / Sander van der Leeuw
Scale and impact in Southeast Asia : resilience and complexity at Angkor / Dan Penny and Roland Fletcher
Acequias : trust and hydrosocial territory / Sylvia Rodríguez
How do we get out of this mess? Landscape legacies, unintended consequences, and tradeoffs of human behavior / Christian Isendahl.
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