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Prehispanic Water Management At Takalik Abaj, Guatemala, Alicia E. Alfaro
Prehispanic Water Management At Takalik Abaj, Guatemala, Alicia E. Alfaro
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Land and water use at archaeological sites is a growing field of study within Mesoamerican archaeology. In Mesoamerica, similar to elsewhere in the world, landscapes were settled based partially upon the characteristics of the environment and the types of food and water resources available. Across Mesoamerica, landscape concepts were also important to religious beliefs and ritual activity in a manner that may have had the potential to influence the power dynamics of a site. This thesis focuses on the management of water at the site of Takalik Abaj in Guatemala during the Middle to Late Preclassic periods (c. 1000 B.C. …
The Dirt On Prehispanic Water Management At Palmarejo, Honduras, Zaida Darley
The Dirt On Prehispanic Water Management At Palmarejo, Honduras, Zaida Darley
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Water is an essential resource for human life. Even in the tropical environment of the Maya Lowlands, water scarcity is a concern, because the region cycles between abundant rainfall and seasonal droughts. To understand how societies flourished during periods of water scarcity, archaeologists have studied prehispanic water management in the Maya Lowlands. Yet, water management research has tended to focus predominantly on large urban Maya populations, excluding smaller-scale societies that face the same challenges associated with water scarcity. This study investigates the neighboring non-Maya society of Late Classic (A.D.650-900) Palmarejo in northwestern Honduras to explore how water management was organized …