Arising from the Wetlands: Mechanisms and Chronology of Landscape Aggradation in the Northern Coastal Plain of Belize

摘要: Research on human and environmental interactions in the Maya Lowlands has included important case studies of ancient water soil management, impacts climatic fluctuations, diverse agricultural adaptations over millennia. Studies also have shed light landscape formation, including past periods erosion aggradation several parts these tropical lowlands. This study uses water, soils, radiocarbon, archaeological data to determine quantity, timing, causes Belize's Three Rivers region a series sinks from karst uplands into coastal plain. Water sources low quantities dissolved ions sulfate, but plain high amounts is nearly saturated sulfate calcium. Soil geomorphic findings come twenty-two excavations that uncovered more than 1,200 m2 stratigraphy, representing broader region. These extensive serve characterize date str...