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SUBMITTER: Scarborough VL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3411963 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scarborough Vernon L VL Dunning Nicholas P NP Tankersley Kenneth B KB Carr Christopher C Weaver Eric E Grazioso Liwy L Lane Brian B Jones John G JG Buttles Palma P Valdez Fred F Lentz David L DL
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120716 31
The access to water and the engineered landscapes accommodating its collection and allocation are pivotal issues for assessing sustainability. Recent mapping, sediment coring, and formal excavation at Tikal, Guatemala, have markedly expanded our understanding of ancient Maya water and land use. Among the landscape and engineering feats identified are the largest ancient dam identified in the Maya area of Central America; the posited manner by which reservoir waters were released; construction of ...[more]