Once Beneath The Forest - Prehistoric Terracing In The Rio Bec Region Of The Maya Lowlands (Hardcover)

My interest in ancient Maya agriculture began late in the year of 1971 when William M. Denevan encouraged me to pursue the topic. Our interests had been perked by reports from Joseph W. Ball, JaCk Eaton, and Irwin Rovner of the presence of terrace-like features throughout the Rio Bee region of the soutnern Yucatan Peninsula. Denevan maintained a long-term interest in pre-Hispanic agriculture and population in the New World. Our studies with the emerging Rio Bee research group at the University of Wisconsin led to the conclusion that the then dominant themes of Maya agriculture were in need of reevaluation and that a number of remains of intensive forms of agriculture were likely to be found in the Central Maya lowlands of Mexico, Peten (Guatemala), and Belize, particularly wetland or raised fields in addition to the reported terraces. Our interests were heightened at this time by notification from Alfred Siemens of the finds of wetland fields in the vicinity of the Rio Bee region in the Chetumal, Mexico-northern Belize area.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
First published:	1983
Authors:	B.L. Turner II
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	211
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-28189-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	0-367-28189-9
Barcode:	9780367281892

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