The Maya Civilization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakina Halvadwala
Keyword(s):  
Maya Civilization

Cacao usage by the earliest Maya civilization

Nature ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 418 (6895) ◽  
pp. 289-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Jeffrey Hurst ◽  
Stanley M. Tarka ◽  
Terry G. Powis ◽  
Fred Valdez ◽  
Thomas R. Hester
Keyword(s):  
Maya Civilization

The Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization

Books Abroad ◽  
1955 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Stephan F. Borhegyi ◽  
J. Eric S. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Maya Civilization

Swamps, canals, and the locations of ancient Maya cities

Antiquity ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 54 (212) ◽  
pp. 206-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. W. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Radar Data ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Classic Period ◽  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Rank Ordering ◽  
Topographic Information ◽  
Maya Civilization ◽  
Mapping Discovery

The recent radar mapping discovery of widely distributed patterns of intensive agriculture in the southern Maya lowlands provides new perspectives on classic Maya civilization. Swamps seem to have been drained, modified, and intensively cultivated in a large number of zones. The largest sites of Maya civilization are located on the edges of swamps. By combining radar data with topographic information, it is possible to suggest the reasons for the choice of urban locations. With the addition of patterns elicited from rank-ordering of Maya cities, it is also possible to suggest more accurate means of defining Classic period Maya polities.

Monumental architecture at Aguada Fénix and the rise of Maya civilization

Nature ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 582 (7813) ◽  
pp. 530-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Inomata ◽  
Daniela Triadan ◽  
Verónica A. Vázquez López ◽  
Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz ◽  
Takayuki Omori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monumental Architecture ◽  
Maya Civilization

scholarly journals How Maya Archaeologists Discovered the 99% Through the Study of Settlement Patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A. Sabloff
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Maya Archaeology ◽  
Maya Civilization ◽  
The Many

This article presents an autobiographical perspective on the changing nature of Maya archaeology, focusing on the role of settlement pattern studies in illuminating the lives of commoners as well as on the traditional emphasis on the ruling elite. Advances in understanding the nature of nonelite peoples in ancient Maya society are discussed, as are the many current gaps in scholarly understandings of pre-Columbian Maya civilization, especially with regard to the diversity of ancient “commoners” and the difficulty in analyzing them as a single group.

Long-Distance Exchange among the Maya: A Comment on Marcus

1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 826-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony P. Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Maya Civilization

With good reason, several scholars have challenged the exaltation of long-distance trade as a prime mover in the rise of civilization. However, in dismissing the economic importance of long-distance exchange in the development of Maya civilization, Marcus (1983) has moved too far in the opposite direction.

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