Tikal paleology of an ancient Maya City
The primary question addressed in this book focuses on how the ancient Maya in the northern Petén Basin sustained large populations during the Late Classic period.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, New York
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Tikal Land, Water, and Forest: ; Environmental Context; Historical Context; The University of Cincinnati Archaeological Project at Tikal: 2009-2010; 2 The Evolution of an Ancient Waterworks System at Tikal; The Water System at Tikal; The Parts; Summit-Ridge Reservoirs; Dams; Explanation; Cofferdam System; Colonizing Springs; Filtering System; Switching Station and Canal Construction (Corriental Reservoir)
- Perdido and Other TanksNiche Construction; Pre-Maya; Late Preclassic Period; Early Classic Period; Late Classic Period; Conclusion; Notes; 3 At the Core of Tikal: Terrestrial Sediment Sampling and Water Management; Introduction; Coring Background; Coring Operations; The Field Recovery; Strengths, Limitations, and Other Considerations; Goals and Analyses; Conclusion; 4 Bringing the University of Pennsylvania Maps of Tikal into the Era of Electronic GIS; Introduction and Overview; The Penn Project at Tikal and Prior Mapping Efforts; Prior Mapping and the Schematic Representation of Ruins.
- The Penn Project Survey TeamsThe Challenge of the Tropical Forest; The Penn Project Survey Procedures; Georeferencing the Maps; Georeferencing Methods; Penn Project Coordinate System; Point of Beginning Location and GPS Procedure; Reference Direction
- Penn Project North to UTM Grid North; Map Scale
- Ground Distance to UTM Grid Length; Preparation of the Paper Maps for Georeferencing; Georeferencing with Virtual Control Points; Accuracy Assessment of the TR11 Maps; Horizontal Position Accuracy
- Method; Horizontal Position Accuracy
- Results.
- Vertical Accuracy by Total Station and AIRSAR
- MethodVertical Accuracy by Total Station
- Results; Vertical Accuracy by AIRSAR
- Results; Summary; Potential Uses of the Data; Conclusions; 5 Examining Landscape Modifications for Water Management at Tikal Using Three-Dimensional Modeling with ArcGIS; 6 Life on the Edge: Tikal in a Bajo Landscape; Introduction; The Bajo de Santa Fe and Previous Investigations; Investigations in the Bajo de Santa Fe: 2009-2010; Aguada Investigations in the Bajo de Santa Fe; Pollen Analysis: Aguada de Terminos.
- Carbon Isotope Sampling and Analyses: Bajo de Santa Fe and Perdido Pocket BajoPerdido Pocket Bajo: Excavations; Arroyo Corriental Pocket Bajo; Discussion: Ancient Land Use and Settlement in a Bajo Landscape; Conclusions; Notes; 7 Connecting Contemporary Ecology and Ethnobotany to Ancient Plant Use Practices of the Maya at Tikal; Introduction; Paleoethnobotanical Samples; Species Identification of Paleoethnobotanical Remains; Sampling of Trees and Vines; Species Identification for Modern Forest Survey; Socioeconomic Values; Analysis; Results; Modern Forest; Paleoethnobotanical Remains.
