The Potential Role of Small Depressions as Water Storage Features in the Central Maya Lowlands
The Potential Role of Small Depressions as Water Storage Features in the Central Maya Lowlands
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玛雅中部低地小型洼地作为蓄水特征的潜在作用
DOI：
10.2307/972115
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发表时间：
2002
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
T. Sabbas
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作者：
Estella Weiss;T. Sabbas
小洼地是佩滕东北部和伯利兹西北部常见的景观特征。尽管通常被认为是古代玛雅季节性蓄水池的遗迹，但它们尚未受到系统的研究。对伯利兹西北部 16 个凹陷的挖掘表明，这些特征要么是天然天坑（天坑），要么是采石洞。在三个洼地中，有明显的建筑材料采石和粘土开采活动，两个洼地是倒塌的楚尔屯的遗迹。洼地也可能是进行家庭活动的区域，它们可能起到花园的作用，并被用作垃圾场。对于四分之一的样品，建立了储水功能。水输入-输出计算表明，这些特征可能全年都有水，因此理论上在供水方面可能比通常假设的更重要。该研究表明，古典玛雅人口可能依赖分散的水源，并建议对玛雅中部低地集中水资源管理的假设进行严格审查。
Small depressions are a frequent landscape feature in the northeast Petén and northwestern Belize. Although generally considered the remains of seasonal ancient Maya water cisterns, they have not been subject to systematic study. Excavation of 16 depressions in northwestern Belize showed that these features are either natural sinkholes (dolines) or quarried cavities. In three depressions, quarrying for construction materials and mining for clay was evident and two depressions are the remains of collapsed chultuns. Depressions probably also served as areas where household activities were carried out, they may have played a role as gardens, and were used as trash dumps. For one quarter of the sample, a water storage function was established. Water input-output calculations showed that these features could have held water year round and thus theoretically could have played a much more important role in supplying water than commonly assumed. The study indicates that Classic Maya population could have relied on decentralized water sources and suggests that hypotheses of centralized water management in the central Maya lowlands should be critically reviewed.