HOUSEHOLDERS AS WATER MANAGERS: A COMPARISON OF DOMESTIC-SCALE WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FROM TWO CENTRAL MAYA LOWLAND SITES
HOUSEHOLDERS AS WATER MANAGERS: A COMPARISON OF DOMESTIC-SCALE WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FROM TWO CENTRAL MAYA LOWLAND SITES
复制标题
家庭作为水管理者:两个玛雅中部低地地区的国内规模水管理实践比较
作者:
Jeffrey L Brewer
Abstract Multiple studies conducted over the past few decades have recognized the necessity of rainwater collection and storage as a critical aspect in the evolution of Maya civilization. Few of these efforts, however, have emphasized the importance of managing water resources at the household level. Data are presented from two central lowland sites—the dispersed hinterland community of Medicinal Trail and the urban center of Yaxnohcah—that elucidate the function of small reservoirs and associated landscape modifications in residential water management. Despite differing physical geographies and trajectories of urban development, residents of both communities were clearly engaged in water management activities based, at least in part, on the creation and use of small reservoirs. Decentralized household water management practices appear to have been temporally and spatially widespread components of Maya civilization beginning in the Preclassic period.
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.044
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
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作者:
Brewer, Jeffrey L;Carr, Christopher;Dunning, Nicholas P.;Walker, Debra S.;Anaya Hernández, Armando;Peuramaki-Brown, Meaghan;Reese-Taylor, Kathryn
通讯作者:
Reese-Taylor, Kathryn