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1024770
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b779140
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Title & Author
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The Managed mosaic : : ancient Maya agriculture and resource use /\ edited by Scott L. Fedick.
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Publication Statement
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Salt Lake City :: University of Utah Press,, ©1996.
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1 online resource (xiv, 424 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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ISBN
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0585132593
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: 9780585132594
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0874805198
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9780874805192
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Notes
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Papers presented at the Conference on Ancient Maya Agriculture and Biological Resource Management, held Aug. 22-24, 1991, University of California, Riverside.
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-404) and index.
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Contents
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1. Introduction: New Perspectives on Ancient Maya Agriculture and Resource Use / Scott L. Fedick -- 2. The Transformation from Foraging to Farming in Lowland Mesoamerica / Barbara Voorhies -- 3. A Record of Long- and Short-Term Climatic Variation from Northwest Yucatan: Cenote San Jose Chulchaca / Barbara W. Leyden, Mark Brenner and Tom Whitmore -- 4. A Reexamination of Regional Variability in the Prehistoric Agricultural Landscape / Nicholas P. Dunning -- 5. The Pre-Hispanic Cultivation of Rejolladas and Stone-Lands: New Evidence from Northeast Yucatan / Susan Kepecs and Sylviane Boucher -- 6. Sustainable Production and Residential Variation: A Historical Perspective on Pre-Hispanic Domestic Economies in the Maya Lowlands / Laura J. Levi -- 7. An Interpretive Kaleidoscope: Alternative Perspectives on Ancient Agricultural Landscapes of the Maya Lowlands / Scott L. Fedick -- 8. Benign Flooding on Tropical Lowland Floodplains / Alfred H. Siemens -- 9. Prehistoric Maya Farming in the Wetlands of Northern Belize: More Data from Albion Island and Beyond / Mary D. Pohl and Paul Bloom -- 10. Formation of Ancient Maya Wetland Fields: Natural and Anthropogenic Processes / Kevin O. Pope, Mary D. Pohl and John S. Jacob -- 11. Settlement and Land Use in the Pulltrouser Swamp Archaeological Zone, Northern Belize / Peter D. Harrison -- 12. Paleolimnological Analysis in the Central Peten, Guatemala / Don S. Rice -- 13. Interactions between Demographic Processes and Soil Resources in the Copan Valley, Honduras / John D. Wingard -- 14. The Political Economy of Ancient Maya Land Use: The Road to Ruin / K. Anne Pyburn -- 15. Precolumbian Maya Exploitation and Management of Deer Populations / H. Sorayya Carr -- 16. Achaeobotanical and Palynological Research at a Late Preclassic Maya Community, Cerros, Belize / Cathy J. Cane -- 17. Prehistoric Maya Use of Native Palms: Archaeobotanical and Ethnobotanical Evidence / Heather McKillop -- 18. Critical Resource Control and the Rise of the Classic Period Maya / Anabel Ford -- 19. Reservoirs and Watersheds in the Central Maya Lowlands / Vernon Scarborough -- 20. Resource Exploitation and Exchange among the Classic Maya: Some Initial Findings of the Maya Mountains Archaeological Project / Peter S. Dunham -- 21. Conclusion: Landscape Approaches to the Study of Ancient Maya Agriculture and Resource Use / Scott L. Fedick.
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Subject
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Irrigation farming-- Central America-- History, Congresses.
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Irrigation farming-- Mexico-- History, Congresses.
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Mayas-- Agriculture, Congresses.
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Mayas-- Economic conditions, Congresses.
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Mayas-- Hunting, Congresses.
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Subsistence economy-- Central America-- History, Congresses.
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Subsistence economy-- Mexico-- History, Congresses.
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Culture irriguée-- Guatemala-- Histoire, Congrès.
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Culture irriguée-- Mexique-- Histoire, Congrès.
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Économie de subsistance-- Amérique centrale-- Histoire, Congrès.
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Économie de subsistance-- Mexique-- Histoire, Congrès.
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Mayas-- Agriculture, Congrès.
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Mayas-- Chasse, Congrès.
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Mayas-- Conditions économiques, Congrès.
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Antiquities.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Agribusiness.
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History Archaeology.
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Irrigation farming.
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Irrigation-- Amérique centrale-- Histoire-- Congrès.
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Latin America.
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Mayas-- Agriculture-- Congrès.
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Mayas-- Agriculture.
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Mayas-- Conditions économiques-- Congrès.
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Mayas-- Economic conditions.
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Mayas-- Hunting.
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Regions Countries - Americas.
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Subsistence economy.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Kongress.
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Landwirtschaft.
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Nutzung.
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Ressourcen.
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Archeologische aspecten.
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Culturele ecologie.
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Landbouw.
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Maya's.
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Central America, Antiquities, Congresses.
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Mexico, Antiquities, Congresses.
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Amérique centrale, Antiquités, Congrès.
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Mexique, Antiquités, Congrès.
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Amérique centrale, Antiquités, Congrès.
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Central America.
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Maya.
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Mexico.
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Mexique, Antiquités, Congrès.
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Dewey Classification
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338.1/097281
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LC Classification
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F1435.3.A37M35 1996eb
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NLM classification
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15.85bcl
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Added Entry
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Fedick, Scott L.,1956-
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Added Entry
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Conference on Ancient Maya Agriculture and Biological Resource Management(1991 :, University of California, Riverside)
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