From the botanical structure and chemical makeup of Theobroma cacao and methods of identifying it in the archaeological record, to the importance of cacao during the Classic period in Mesoamerica, to the impact of European arrival on the production and use of cacao, to contempor…
"The conventional wisdom says that the devolution of Classic Maya civilization occurred because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical farming methods, resulting in debilitating famines and internecine struggles. Using research on contem…
Ch. 1. The context of the Maya forest -- ch. 2. Dwelling in the Maya forest -- ch. 3. Environmental change and the historical ecology of the Maya forest -- ch. 4. Maya land use and population in the Late Classic Period -- ch. 5. Forested landscape of the ancient Maya -- ch. 6. M…
Conventional wisdom says that the devolution of classic Maya civilization occurred because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical farming methods, resulting in debilitating famines and internecine struggles. Using research on contemporar…
